Editing Face (section)

{{short description|Part of the body that is at the front of the head}}
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{{redirect|Human face|the miniseries|The Human Face{{!}}''The Human Face''}}
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{{Infobox anatomy
| Name        = Face
| Latin       = facies, facia or fave
| Image       = File:Human faces.jpg
| Caption     = Face of a woman (left) and face of a man (right)
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| Image2      = Sobo 1909 260.png
| Caption2    = Ventrolateral aspect of the human face with skin removed, showing muscles of the face
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The '''face''' is the front of the head that features the [[eyes]], [[nose]] and [[mouth]], and through which animals express many of their [[emotion]]s.<ref name="Moore">{{cite book | title=Moore's clinical anatomy | publisher=Lippincott Williams & Wilkins |author1=Moore, Keith L. |author2=Dalley, Arthur F. |author3=Agur, Anne M. R. | year=2010 | location=United States of America | pages=843–980 | isbn=978-1-60547-652-0}}</ref><ref name="Scotland Governement Year of Discovery 2011">{{cite web | url=http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2011/12/22105642 | title=Year of Discovery, Faceless and Brainless Fish | date=2011-12-29 | access-date=December 11, 2013 | archive-date=2014-10-06 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006085750/http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2011/12/22105642 | url-status=dead }}</ref> The face is crucial for human [[Personal identity|identity]], and damage such as scarring or developmental deformities may affect the psyche adversely.<ref name="Moore" />