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Face
Part of the body that is at the front of the head / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other uses, see Face (disambiguation).
"Faces" redirects here. For other uses, see Faces (disambiguation).
"Human face" redirects here. For the miniseries, see The Human Face.
The face is the front of an animal's head that features the eyes, nose and mouth, and through which animals express many of their emotions.[1][2] The face is crucial for human identity, and damage such as scarring or developmental deformities may affect the psyche adversely.[1]
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Face | |
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![]() Face of a woman (left) and face of a man (right) | |
![]() Ventrolateral aspect of the human face with skin removed, showing muscles of the face | |
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Identifiers | |
Latin | facies, facia |
MeSH | D005145 |
TA98 | A01.1.00.006 |
TA2 | 112 |
FMA | 24728 |
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