Other facial muscles (platysma and auricular muscles)

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Several muscles that are not positioned within the area defined as the face are described as muscles of facial expression. Like the true facial muscles, they are also derived from the second pharyngeal arch, and they receive innervation from the facial nerve (CN VII). They include the following muscles:

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