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July 25, 2005

Something wrong with the mouth

Apparently there are more muscles concentrated around the mouth than anywhere else. This gives us both the wonderful flexibility of expression and the great difficulty of painting it.

Some of the muscles of the mouth:

Levator Labii Superioris
Depressor Labii Inferioris
Caninus
Zygomaticus Minor
Zygomaticus Major
Mentalis
Triangularis
Buccinator
Masseter
Orbicularis Oris
Depressor Anguli Oris
Levator Anguli Oris
Risorius
Depressor Septi

and here they all are, arranged in order:

Holly's-lips.jpg

Posted by john at July 25, 2005 10:37 PM

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