Name that Muscle
Identify The Photo
Showing Expression
Where Is it Located?
Additional Facts
100

It is a thin muscle that is used to help open and close someone’s jaw.

The Platysma Muscle!!!

100

Which muscle is mainly being used in this Photo?

The Platysma Muscle!!!

100

It makes you raise your eyebrow. 

The Procerus Muscle!

100

It is located around your mouth.

The Buccinator Muscle!!!

100

How many muscles do you need to frown?

11 muscles!!!

200

This muscle helps you turn your neck.

The Sternocleidomastoid Muscle!!!

200

Which muscle is mainly being used in this photo?

The Procerus Muscle!!!

200

It is a muscle that moves your lower lip. 

The Mentalis Muscle!!!

200

It is a muscle that is located on the front of your throat.

The Platysma Muscle!!!

200

How many muscles do you need to smile?

12 muscles!!!

300

It is a muscle that helps move the back of your scalp.

The Occipitalis Muscle!!!

300

Which muscle is mainly being used in this photo?

The Sternocleidomastoid Muscle!!!

300

It is a muscle that helps show facial expression near the mouth and on the sides of the face.

The Risorius Muscle!!! 

300

It is located close to your chin.

The Mentalis Muscle!!!

300

About how many muscles are there in the human body?

About 600 Muscles!!!

400

It is a muscle that moves your mouth around.

The Buccinator Muscle!!!

400

Which muscle is mainly being used in this photo?

The Mentalis Muscle!!!

400

It is a muscle that moves the skin around your eyebrow, which makes the eyebrow move around.

The Procerus Muscle!!

400

It is a muscle that is located on the back of your scalp behind most of the other muscles. 

The Occipitalis Muscle!!!

400

How many muscles are part of the human mouth?

11 Muscles!!!

500

It is a muscle that helps the neck move.

The Sternocleidomastoid Muscle!!!

500

Which muscle is mainly being used in this photo?

The Risorius Muscle!!!

500

(BONUS) This muscle contributes to a variety of facial expressions such as smiling, frowning or grimacing. 

The Zygomaticus Minor!!!

500

(BONUS) This is a muscle that arises from the lateral surface of the zygomatic bone and extends diagonally to the angle of the mouth. 

The Zygomaticus Major!!!

500

How many individual muscles are located in the face?

42 Muscles!!!