Matching Pairs Facial Muscle ActionsOnline version facial muscles by Dr. David Myers 1 frontalis 2 masseter 3 occipitalis 4 temporalis 5 orbicularis oris 6 orbicularis oculi 7 buccinator 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. elevates eyebrows and draws scalp forward and wrinkles skin of forehead compresses cheek against teeth and gums elevation, retraction, lateral and medial excursion of the mandible