Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index A facial expression is a motion or position of the muscles of the face. Facial expressions often express, or are interpreted as expressing, emotion. Facial expressions include: blank excitement laughter crying (that is with sadness) shock puzzled frown desire eavesdropping concentration smile smugness or self-satisfaction sneer snarl etc. The muscles of facial expression are: Auricularis anterior muscle Buccinator muscle Corrugator supercilii muscle Depressor anguli oris muscle Depressor labii inferioris muscle Depressor septi nasi muscle Frontalis muscle Levator anguli oris muscle Levator labii supeioris muscle Levator labii superioris alaeque nasi muscle Mentalis muscle Nasalis muscle Orbicularis oculi muscle Orbicularis oris muscle Platysma muscle Procerus muscle Risorius muscle Zygomaticus major muscle Zygomaticus minor muscle This is a stub article This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.