Matching Pairs Facial Muscle ActionsOnline version facial muscles by Dr. David Myers 1 orbicularis oculi 2 frontalis 3 temporalis 4 orbicularis oris 5 buccinator 6 masseter 7 occipitalis compresses cheek against teeth and gums elevates eyebrows and draws scalp forward and wrinkles skin of forehead elevation, retraction, lateral and medial excursion of the mandible encircles mouth, closes lips, protrudes lips as in kissing. elevation of the mandible, as in chewing retracts scalp, fixes galea aponeurosis so frontalis can act on eyebrows closes eye in blinking, squinting, and sleep.