Face

The face is the front of an animal's head that features the eyes, nose, ears, skin and mouth, and through which animals express many of their emotions.The face is crucial for human identity, and damage such as scarring or developmental deformities affects the psyche adversely.

The front of the human head is called the face. It includes several distinct areas,of which the main features are:

The forehead, comprising the skin beneath the hairline, bordered laterally by the temples and inferiorly by eyebrows and ears

The eyes, sitting in the orbit and protected by eyelids and eyelashes

The distinctive human nose shape, nostrils, and nasal septum

The cheeks, covering the maxilla and mandibula (or jaw), the extremity of which is the chin

The mouth, with the upper lip divided by the philtrum, sometimes revealing the teeth

Facial appearance is vital for human recognition and communication. Facial muscles in humans allow expression of emotions.

The face is itself a highly sensitive region of the human body and its expression may change when the brain is stimulated by any of the many human senses, such as touch, temperature, smell, taste, hearing, movement, hunger, or visual stimuli.

Skeletal anatomy of the face