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According to Gray's Anatomy(1918) by Henry Gray (1821–1865), in Anatomy of the Human Body, chapter 4b. The Muscles of the Eyelid, the antagonist of the orbicularis oculi is the levator palpebrae.
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What is the meaning of orbicularis oculi?
The meaning of orbicularis oculi is 'little circle muscle of the eye'.
What is the name of the muscle that blinks your eyelid?
The muscle in question is the Orbicularis Muscle. (palpebral portion)
What would you use your orbicularis oculi muscle for?
The function of the Orbicularis Oculi is that it closes the eyelids.
Name a muscle that closes the eye?
Orbicularis oculi muscle
Where does the orbicularis oculi insert?
On the skin of the eyelid
Muscles used in winking?
orbicularis oculi
What does orbicularis mean?
Orbicularis oculi is part of the eye that works your eyelids. This is a muscle in the face.
Muscle use in blinking and squinting?
The eyes' muscle group is the orbicularis oculi
What kind of muscle is the orbicularis oculi and orbicularis oris in terms of function?
Sphincter Muscle
Muscle beneath the frontalis and the orbicularis oculi?
Muscle located beneath the frontalis and orbicularis oculi is called corrugator muscle. It draws the eyebrow down and wrinkles the forehead vertically.
Is the orbicularis oculi muscle innervated by the facial nerve?
Yes
Identify the muscles of the head used to blink?
orbicularis oculi
