The muscles of facial expression are a group of muscles that allows us to communicate through facial expression. Watch the full version of this video on our website to learn the anatomy of these muscles: [ Ссылка ]

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It’s believed that only 7% of our communication is verbal, while 38% is thought to be tone of voice, and the remaining 55% is considered to be nonverbal. Nonverbal communication involves body language, gestures, and of course facial expressions. Facial expressions form a huge part of our nonverbal communication. While body language and gestures can vary significantly between cultures, the facial
expressions for happiness, sadness, anger, and fear are similar throughout the world.

So, in the full version of this tutorial, we’re going to talk about the muscles that allow you to show these emotions - the muscles of facial expression! That includes the:
- muscles of the mouth: Orbicularis oris, buccinator, levator labii superioris, depressor labii inferioris, levator labii superioris alaeque nasi, mentalis, risorius, levator anguli oris, depressor anguli oris, zygomaticus major, zygomaticus minor muscles;
- muscles of the nose: Nasalis, procerus muscles;
- muscles of the eyelid: Orbicularis oculi, depressor supercilii, corrugator supercilii muscles;
- muscles of the cranium and neck: Epicranius, platysma;
- muscles of the external ear: auricular muscles.

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