Closes the mouth and puckers the lips.
Closes lips
The arrangement of the fascicles in orbicularis oris is circular.
Orbicularis oculi Obicularis oris Omohyoid Occipitofrontalis
A Dimple is another word for a small dent (like dimples on a golf ball). The dimple in your cheeks are caused by a small gap beween the muscle Orbicularis Oris and part of the skull called the Zygomatic Arch (in the higher up dimples) or between the two muscles Orbicularis Oris and Temporalis (in the lower down dimples)
It is unknown the exact number of muscles used to whistle. However, there are two muscles that are used the most, and they are the orbicularis oris and buccinator muscles.
Orbicularis oculi muscle
buccinator muscle
Sphincter Muscle
mentralis buccula
orbicularis oris
The arrangement of the fascicles in orbicularis oris is circular.
The antagonist of the orbicularis oris is considered the levator palpebrae. This is included in the 1918 textbook "Gray's Anatomy."
orbicularis oris
orbicularis oris
The two facial muscles that are circular are the Orbicularis Oculi(around eye), and the Orbicularis Oris(around mouth).
Muscles that are used for kissing are 34 facial muscles, and 112 postural muscles. The most important one is orbicularis oris muscle, which encircles mouth.
orbicularis oris
orbicularis oris