The facial muscles are a group of striated skeletal muscles supplied by the facial nerve (cranial nerve VII) that, among other things, control facial expression...

Bell's palsy is a type of facial paralysis that results in a temporary inability to control the facial muscles on the affected side of the face. In most...

arch). The facial nerve supplies motor and sensory innervation to the muscles formed by the second pharyngeal arch, including the muscles of facial expression...

A facial expression is one or more motions or positions of the muscles beneath the skin of the face. According to one set of controversial theories, these...

in 2002. Movements of individual facial muscles are encoded by the FACS from slight different instant changes in facial appearance. It has proven useful...

ulcers.[citation needed] A number of auxiliary muscles assist in cooperating with the eyelid muscles. For example, the corrugator supercilii pulls the...

facial muscles is often maintained contralateral. The strength of the muscles in the upper region of the face are preserved better than the muscles in...

cranial muscles, such as the facial muscles and the extraocular muscles. This is in contrast to areas of body where miswiring of the larger muscles is less...

the mouth. It is innervated by branches of the facial nerve (cranial nerve VII). It is a muscle of facial expression which draws the angle of the mouth...

The facial feedback hypothesis, rooted in the conjectures of Charles Darwin and William James, is that one's facial expression directly affects their...