Zygomaticus minor muscle

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Zygomaticus minor
File:Musculuszygomaticusminor.png
Muscles of the head, face, and neck.
Origin:	zygomatic bone
Insertion:	skin of the upper lip
Artery:	facial artery
Nerve:	facial nerve, buccal branch
Action:	elevates upper lip
Dorlands/Elsevier	m_22/12551392

The zygomaticus minor is a muscle of facial expression. It originates on the zygomatic bone and then inserts on the upper lip. It raises the corners of the mouth and is thus used in smiling. Like all muscles of facial expression, it is innervated by the facial nerve (CN VII).

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List of muscles of head and neck: the head

Extraocular (CN III, IV, VI)

oblique (inferior, superior) - rectus (superior, inferior, medial, lateral) - levator palpebrae superioris (superior tarsal)

Mastication (CN V3)

masseter - temporalis - pterygoid (lateral, medial)

Facial (CN VII)

Ear	auriculares (anterior, superior, posterior) - temporoparietalis
Scalp/eyelid	occipitofrontalis (occipitalis, frontalis) - orbicularis oculi (depressor supercilii) - corrugator supercilii
Nose	procerus - nasalis (dilatator naris) - depressor septi nasi - levator labii superioris alaeque nasi
Mouth	levator anguli oris - levator labii superioris - zygomaticus (major, minor) orbicularis oris - risorius - buccinator depressor anguli oris - depressor labii inferioris - mentalis

Mouth/throat (CN IX, X, XI)
(except TVP=V3)

Soft palate	veli palatini (tensor, levator) - musculus uvulae - palatopharyngeus (to pharnyx) - palatoglossus (to tongue)
Pharynx	pharyngeal constrictor (superior, middle, inferior) - longitudinal (stylopharyngeus, salpingopharyngeus)
Larynx	cricothyroid - cricoarytenoid (posterior, lateral) - arytenoid (oblique arytenoid/aryepiglottic, transverse arytenoid) - thyroarytenoid (vocal, thyroepiglottic)