Zygomaticus minor muscle

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Zygomaticus minor
Muscles of the head, face, and neck.
Origin: zygomatic bone
Insertion: skin of the upper lip
Artery: facial artery
Nerve: facial nerve, buccal branch
Action: elevates upper lip
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The zygomaticus minor is a muscle of facial expression. It originates on the zygomatic bone and then inserts on the upper lip. It raises the corners of the mouth and is thus used in smiling. Like all muscles of facial expression, it is innervated by the facial nerve (CN VII).

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List of muscles of head and neck: the head
scalp/eyelid occipitofrontalis (occipitalis, frontalis) - orbicularis oculi - corrugator supercilii - depressor supercilii
extraocular levator palpebrae superioris - superior tarsal - rectus (superior, inferior, medial, lateral) - oblique (superior, inferior)
intraocular ciliary - iris dilator - iris sphincter
ear auriculares - temporoparietalis - stapedius - tensor tympani
nose procerus - nasalis (dilatator naris) - depressor septi nasi - levator labii superioris alaeque nasi
mouth levator anguli oris/depressor anguli oris - levator labii superioris/depressor labii inferioris - zygomaticus (major, minor) - mentalis - buccinator - orbicularis oris - risorius
mastication masseter - temporalis - pterygoid (lateral, medial)
tongue extrinsic (genioglossus, hyoglossus, chondroglossus, styloglossus) - intrinsic (superior longitudinal, inferior longitudinal, transversus, verticalis)
soft palate levator veli palatini - tensor veli palatini - musculus uvulae - palatoglossus - palatopharyngeus
pharynx pharyngeal constrictor (inferior, middle, superior) - stylopharyngeus - salpingopharyngeus
larynx cricothyroid - cricoarytenoid (posterior, lateral) - arytenoid - thyroarytenoid
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