Cranial and Facial muscles

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Across
  1. 4. Pulls the eyebrows medially and downward, creating vertical wrinkles between the eyebrows.
  2. 5. Raises the eyebrows and wrinkles the forehead.
  3. 8. Closes and puckers the lips; shapes the mouth.
  4. 11. Pulls down the corners of the mouth and tenses the skin of the neck.
  5. 12. The primary functions of this muscle include neck and lateral flexion, head rotation and forced inhalation.
  6. 14. Elevates and retracts the mandible (jaw); involved in chewing.
  7. 15. Comprises two parts - transverse and alar - and is involved in flaring and compressing the nostrils.
  8. 16. Elevates the corners of the mouth (smiling muscles).
Down
  1. 1. Raises the upper lip.
  2. 2. Raises the angle of the mouth.
  3. 3. Wrinkles the skin of the lower forehead and pulls the eyebrows downward.
  4. 6. Closes the eyelids; responsible for blinking and squinting.
  5. 7. Compresses the cheeks; assists in blowing, sucking, and smiling.
  6. 9. Primary muscle for closing the jaw; involved in chewing.
  7. 10. Raises and protrudes the lower lip; wrinkles the chin.
  8. 13. Depresses the angle of the mouth.