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FACIAL MUSCLE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of the skeletal muscles of the face

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Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("facial muscle" is a kind of...):

skeletal muscle; striated muscle (a muscle that is connected at either or both ends to a bone and so move parts of the skeleton; a muscle that is characterized by transverse stripes)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "facial muscle"):

buccinator muscle; cheek muscle; musculus buccinator (a muscle that flattens the cheek and retracts the angle of the mouth)

masseter (a large muscle that raises the lower jaw and is used in chewing)

platysma (either of two broad muscles located on either side of the neck and innervated by the facial nerve; extends from lower jaw to clavicle and is involved in moving the mouth and jaw)

Holonyms ("facial muscle" is a part of...):

face; human face (the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear)

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