Tuesday, February 5, 2008

Anatomy Blogging: Super Tuesday Edition

Per request, mapping muscles to a famous face.



I chose Obama not purely because I have politics on the brain at the moment, but because I mistook the folds on his cheek as indicating the presence of the Zygomatici Major and Minor. Apparently, while these remarkably distinct creases are caused by those muscles, they run almost perpendicular to them. Note that I've enlarged the area attributed to the orbis occularis, following feedback from last time.

Error watch: this mapping still doesn't account for muscles in the cheeks very well. I'm convinced I'm doing something wrong there, but it accords with my references.

1 comment:

cjagers said...

Awesome picture!
Its true, wrinkles usually grow perpendicular to the direction of the muscle, due to the contraction of movement.