{"id":124030,"date":"2021-08-18T09:20:07","date_gmt":"2021-08-18T09:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/?p=124030"},"modified":"2023-03-22T08:36:03","modified_gmt":"2023-03-22T08:36:03","slug":"orbicularis-oris-muscle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/orbicularis-oris-muscle\/","title":{"rendered":"Orbicularis oris muscle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Muscle that compresses the lips.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>A circular muscle of the face originating on other muscles around the mouth whose mainly circular fibers are inserted in the skin at the corners of the mouth. It closes and purses the lips and is controlled by the facial nerve.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Flat band of muscle around the upper and lower lips that compresses, contracts, puckers, and wrinkles the lips.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Muscle that compresses the lips. 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