| NOUN | body | facial muscle | any of the skeletal muscles of the face |
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| Meaning | Any of the skeletal muscles of the face. | |
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| Part of | face, human face | The front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear |
| Narrower | cheek muscle, buccinator 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 | |
| Broader | skeletal muscle, striated muscle | A muscle that is connected at either or both ends to a bone and so move parts of the skeleton |
| Spanish | músculo facial | |
| Catalan | múscul facial | |
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