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corrugator supercilii
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corrugator supercilii
[kôr′əgā′tər so̅o̅′pərsil′ē·ī]
Etymology: L, corrugare, to wrinkle; super, above, cilium, eyelash
one of the three muscles of the eyelid. Arising from the medial end of the superciliary arch and inserting into the skin above the orbital arch, it is innervated by the temporal and zygomatic branches of the facial nerve and functions to draw the eyebrow downward and inward, as if to frown. Also called corrugator. Compare levator palpebrae superioris, orbicularis oculi.


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The researchers observed that the patients twitched their smiling-specific zygomaticus major muscle when presented with happy pictures, and the frowning-specific corrugator supercilii muscle when presented with fearful pictures.
The EMG signal is obtained from electrodes on the forehead that detect when the subject contracts the corrugator supercilii muscle by frowning.
It involves the involuntary activity of the orbicularis oculi, procerus, and corrugator supercilii muscles.
 
 
 
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