ANATOMY

GENERAL ANATOMY

MUSCLE ANATOMY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
This muscle encircles your mouth and enables your lips to pucker for a kiss  purses the lips
A
Orbicularis Oris
B
Orbicularis Oculi
C
Zygomaticus Major
D
Zygomaticus Minor
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The circular muscle around our mouth is Orbicularis Oris and this muscle brings our lips together so we can pucker up for a kiss!

Detailed explanation-2: -The muscle used for kissing is the orbicularis oris. The muscle encircles the mouth, can isolate parts, and the when the fibers contract the lips pucker.

Detailed explanation-3: -No matter who you’re kissing or why, the basic kiss relies heavily on one muscle-the orbicularis oris, which runs around the outside of your mouth. Your orbicularis oris changes the shape of your mouth while you talk, and it puckers your lips when you kiss.

Detailed explanation-4: -Orbicularis oris Closes and protrudes lips as in kissing Zygomaticus major Draws angle of mouth superiorly and laterally as in smiling. Levator labii superioris Raises upper lip.

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