FACIAL MUSCLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does facial muscle mean? 

• FACIAL MUSCLE (noun)
  The noun FACIAL MUSCLE has 1 sense:

1. any of the skeletal muscles of the face

  Familiarity information: FACIAL MUSCLE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FACIAL MUSCLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of the skeletal muscles of the face

Classified under:

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)

 Context examples 

Partial or complete paralysis of the facial muscles of one side of a person's face.

(Facial Nerve Paralysis, NCI Thesaurus)

Severe or complete loss of facial muscle motor function.

(Facial Nerve Paralysis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

It most often affects facial muscles.

(Myokymia, NCI Thesaurus)

Partial or complete paralysis of the facial muscles of one side of an individual's face that is caused by trauma.

(Facial Nerve Palsy due to Trauma, NCI Thesaurus)

A disorder characterized by a reduction in the strength of the facial muscles.

(Facial Muscle Weakness, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)

Partial or complete paralysis of the facial muscles of one side of an individual's face that is present at birth.

(Congenital Facial Nerve Palsy, NCI Thesaurus)

A reduction in the strength of the facial muscles.

(Facial Muscle Weakness, NCI Thesaurus)

It was indeed a twisted smile, for it was on the left side only, the facial muscles of the right side moving not at all.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)