ACTIVITY 4

Lu, Kasandra Ysabel S.

Lu, Kasandra Ysabel S.

by Kasandra Ysabel Lu -
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5 muscles affected and their actions
Orbicular oris - closes and protrudes lip
Orbicularis oculi - Closes eye
Levator anguli oris - Draws angle of mouth laterally and superiorly
Levator labii superioris - Raises upper lip
Corrugator supercilii - draws eyebrow inferiorly, wrinkles skin of forehead

Mechanism of muscle weakness: Facial nerve has been damaged or been afflicted by a disease.

Other possible symptoms: Cannot wrinkle their forehead, close the eye, difficulty in swallowing and more

Reference: 

Tortora, G. J., & Derrickson, B. (2017). Principles of anatomy & physiology. Fifteenth edition; Wiley Loose-Leaf Print Companion. Hoboken, New Jersey, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.