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    How many muscles move when a human being smiles and frowns?

    Question #101886. Asked by armindasantana. (Dec 24 08 3:03 PM)


    edmund80

    		In addition to the answers already posted for questions 2802 and 95043, I would add that granted all facial muscles are intact and working bilaterally (barring a facial palsy on one side of the face, for instance), the number of muscles involved in smiling and frowning could vary from 4 to 12 for smiling and 11 for frowning. However, this may be impossible to truly determine as there are great variations in smiles -- the true smile, fake smile, slight smile, the smile from behind -- as enumerated in this source below.
    http://books.google.com/books?id=YlIzCO5u30sC&pg=PA188&lpg=PA188&dq=muscles+of+facial+expression+%2B+number+for+smiling&source=web&ots=I0wDSRU_c1&sig=tziujLvQGdbpsmOIHD6Qlzvk9nM&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=2&ct=result#PPA188,M1

    A similarly high number of permutations of involved muscles could account for different frowns.
    http://books.google.com/books?id=YlIzCO5u30sC&pg=PA188&lpg=PA188&dq=muscles+of+facial+expression+%2B+number+for+smiling&source=web&ots=I0wDSRU_c1&sig=tziujLvQGdbpsmOIHD6Qlzvk9nM&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=2&ct=result#PPA72,M1

    http://books.google.com/books?id=QkEjEigxiZQC&pg=PA199&lpg=PA199&dq=facial+muscles+for+frowning&source=web&ots=o2UEzWULlu&sig=5LOCnYURGAMHUc-vYfRRCNf_kXo&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=9&ct=result#PPA199,M1

    Here is the link for the answer previously posted.
    http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2489/does-it-take-fewer-muscles-to-smile-than-it-does-to-frown



    Dec 24 08, 4:48 PM

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