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What are the muscles that create facial expressions?

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There are about 20:: Auricularis anterior , buccinator, corrugated supercilii, depressor anguli oris, depressor labii inferioris, depressor septi nasii, frontalis, levator anguli oris, levator labii superioris, levator labii superioris alaeque nasi, mentalis, modiolus, nasalis, orbicularis oculi, orbicularis oris, platysma, procerus, zygomatic us major. Zygomaticus minor.

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Answered 6/19/2015

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