Facial Muscle (Noun)
Meaning
Any of the skeletal muscles of the face.
Classification
Nouns denoting body parts.
Examples
- The facial muscle that surrounds the mouth and is used for eating and forming expressions like a smile is the orbicularis oris.
- Contracting the facial muscles in the forehead can cause wrinkles.
- Overdevelopment of certain facial muscles can be a cause of facial asymmetry.
- Every facial muscle in her face was tense with anxiety.
- The weakness of a facial muscle caused by a peripheral nerve injury can result in a limited ability to perform facial expressions.