What are the major muscles in the face and what do they do?
The muscles in our face allow us to express emotion without speaking. There are seven basic human emotions with very clear facial signals: anger, sadness, fear, surprise, disgust, contempt and happiness. To make an expression, we move the muscles that lie beneath the skin. Unlike other skeletal muscles, which are attached to bones, the facial muscles are attached to other muscles, or to the skin. So even a tiny contraction in one such muscle can pull the skin and change your expression. There are ten groups of muscles in the scalp and face. One group in the scalp can move forward and backward to keep the scalp pliable and healthy. There are two groups that cover the eyelid and orbital area, controlling blinking, tear duct control and movement of the eyeball. Near the nose, there are several small muscles that interconnect with other muscles in the face, enabling nostrils to flair or compress, and the upper lip to lift. A muscle runs vertically along the forehead, raising the eyebrows a
