Head Skeletal Muscles Anatomy

Head muscles.

Illustration of the human head muscles which include the eye muscles (extraocular muscles; EOMs) controlling the rotation of the eye ball, and facial and mastication muscles, which control facial expression, food uptake and breathing. Most of these skeletal muscles are derived from head mesoderm [prechordal and branchial arches 1-2 (BA1-2)-derived mesoderm].