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The face is the front of the head in humans and many other animals that features most of the sense organs including the eyes, nose and mouth. Many animals may express emotions through their face. Sense organs in the faces of different animals are varied such as the snout, and the proboscis. Many animals are flat-faced (brachycephalic) such as the pug dog.

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The face is the front part of the head in humans and many animals, containing most of the sense organs like the eyes, nose, and mouth. Faces are important because they allow animals to sense their surroundings and express emotions, though the specific features of faces vary widely across different animal species.

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Anatomy.Name: Face
Anatomy.Latin: facies, facia or fave
Anatomy.Image: File:Human faces.jpg
Anatomy.Caption: Face of a woman (left) and face of a man (right)
Anatomy.Image2: Sobo 1909 260.png
Anatomy.Caption2: Ventrolateral aspect of the human face with skin removed, showing muscles of the face

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Research

499,508 papers

Face recognition.ReviewCurrent opinion in neurobiology · 1992Gross CG, Sergent JDOI: 10.1016/0959-4388(92)90004-5
Are We Face Experts?ReviewTrends in cognitive sciences · 2018Young AW, Burton AMDOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2017.11.007
Quantifying the face inversion effect in nonhuman primates: a phylogenetic meta-analysis.Animal cognition · 2020Griffin JWDOI: 10.1007/s10071-019-01340-8
The Face – A Musculoskeletal Perspective. A literature review.ReviewSwiss dental journal · 2018von Arx T, Nakashima MJ, Lozanoff SDOI: 10.61872/sdj-2018-09-442
Evidence-Based Medicine: Face Lift.ReviewPlastic and reconstructive surgery · 2017Derby BM, Codner MADOI: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000002851
The "parts and wholes" of face recognition: A review of the literature.ReviewQuarterly journal of experimental psychology (2006) · 2016Tanaka JW, Simonyi DDOI: 10.1080/17470218.2016.1146780
Surgical Anatomy of the Upper Face and Forehead.ReviewFacial plastic surgery : FPS · 2018Garritano FG, Quatela VCDOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1637727
Alterations in looking at face-pareidolia images in autism.Scientific reports · 2025Galli J, Vezzoli M, Loi E et al.DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-98461-7

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Official website: github.com/koubaa-hmc/peroman
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Commons gallery: Face
Commons category: Faces
NCI Thesaurus ID: C13071
catalog code: peroman

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Human face
Structure
Variability
Shape
Other characteristics
Genetics
Function
Emotional expression
Perception and recognition
Biological perspective
Society and culture
Cosmetic surgery
Caricatures
Metaphor
Other animals
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The face is the front of the head in humans and many other animals that features most of the sense organs including the eyes, nose and mouth. Many animals may express emotions through their face. Sense organs in the faces of different animals are varied such as the snout, and the proboscis. Many animals are flat-faced (brachycephalic) such as the pug dog.

The human face is crucial for identity, and damage such as scarring or developmental deformities may adversely affect the psyche.

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