EXPLANATION
OF
PLATE II.
OF THE MUSCLES OF THE FACE.
This plate represents the muscles of the face as they appear in a
front view.
The E yebrow is most distinctly a character designed for expression.
We find certain muscles attached to it, which produce
its various motions and inflexions.
a. The F rontal M uscle. This is a thin muscle, which is expanded
over the forehead, and inserted into the skin under
the eyebrow. We do not see here the whole of the muscle,
but only a part of what is properly called Occipito-frontalis.
The Oc cipito-fr o n ta lis M uscle arises in a fleshy web of
fibres, from the back of the skull (from a ridge of the temporal and
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