platysma muscle

Those two cords down the middle are the edges of the platysma muscle.

At its origin, depressor labii is continuous with the fibers of the platysma muscle.

The thin, quadrangular shaped, and paired platysma muscles lie in the superficial fascia of the neck.

The buccal space is superficial to the buccinator muscle and deep to the platysma muscle and the skin.

Some patients may experience excessive tongue protrusion, squinting, light sensitivity, muddled speech, or uncontrollable contraction of the platysma muscle.

Platysma muscle - Location, Origin, Function, Description and Pictures.

It is a potential space, bilaterally located in the chin, between the mentalis muscle superiorly and the platysma muscle inferiorly.

The roof of this triangle is formed by the cutaneous nerves of cervical plexus and the external jugular vein and platysma muscle.

After that, you can tell a fake smile because the risorius and platysma muscles pull the lower lip down and out, squaring it and exposing the lower teeth.

It is bound by the clavicle inferior anteriorly, the trachea medially, posteriorly by the trapezius, and anteriorly by the platysma muscle.

Aging of the face is most shown by a change in position of the deep anatomical structures, which are the platysma muscle, cheek fat and the orbicularis oculi muscle.

A more common use of Botox is to inject it into the platysma muscles of the neck, two wide swaths of muscle that run from the jaw to the collarbone.

Muscles such as the sternocleidomastoids, scaleneii, infra and supra hyoid, and platysma muscles, will absorb much of the tension and there is a possibility that some of them may become strained.

The SMAS lift is an effective procedure to reposition the platysma muscle, however the nasolabial fold is according to some surgeons better addressed by a deep plane facelift or composite facelift.

Darwin explored a huge range of subjects with Crichton-Browne, including references to Maudsley's Body and Mind, the psychology of blushing, the functions of the platysma muscle (Darwin's "bête noire"), and the clinical phenomena of bereavement and grief.