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Encyclopedia > Levator labii superioris
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Levator labii superioris
Origin: Medial infra-orbital margin
Insertion: Skin and muscle of the upper lip (labii superioris)
Blood: facial artery
Nerve: Facial nerve (C.N. VII), buccal branches
Action: Elevates the upper lip

The Levator labii superioris is a muscle of the human body used in facial expression. A typical adult human skeleton consists of the following 206 bones. ... A typical adult human skeleton consists of the following 206 bones. ... List of blood vessels This is an incomplete list, which can or may never satisfy any subjective standard for completeness. ... The Facial artery is an artery that supplies blood to several cranial structures. ... The facial nerve is seventh of twelve paired cranial nerves. ... A top-down view of skeletal muscle Muscle is a contractile form of tissue. ... Human anatomy or anthropotomy is a special field within anatomy. ... Photographs from the 1862 book Mécanisme de la Physionomie Humaine by Guillaume Duchenne. ...


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Muscles of head
facial expression: Auricularis anterior muscle - Buccinator muscle - Corrugator supercilii muscle - Depressor anguli oris muscle - Depressor labii inferioris muscle - Depressor septi nasi muscle - Frontalis muscle - Levator anguli oris muscle - Levator labii supeioris muscle - Levator labii superioris alaeque nasi muscle - Levator palpebrae superioris muscle - Mentalis muscle - Nasalis muscle - Occipitalis muscle - Orbicularis oculi muscle - Orbicularis oris muscle - Platysma - Procerus muscle - Risorius muscle - Zygomaticus major muscle - Zygomaticus minor muscle
mastication: Lateral pterygoid muscle - Masseter muscle - Medial pterygoid muscle - Temporalis muscle
extraocular: Inferior oblique muscle - Inferior rectus muscle - Lateral rectus muscle - Medial rectus muscle - Superior oblique muscle - Superior rectus muscle
intraocular: Ciliary muscle - Iris dilator muscle - Iris sphincter muscle

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Levator labii superioris - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (462 words)
The Levator labii superioris (or Quadratus labii superioris) is a broad sheet, the origin of which extends from the side of the nose to the zygomatic bone.
nose: procerus - nasalis - depressor septi nasi - dilatator naris posterior - dilatator naris anterior - levator labii superioris alaeque nasi
levator labii superioris - levator anguli oris - zygomaticus (major, minor) - mentalis - depressor labii inferioris - depressor anguli oris - buccinator - orbicularis oris - risorius
Levator labii superioris alaeque nasi muscle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (326 words)
The Levator labii superioris alaeque nasi muscle is, translated from Latin, the "lifter of the upper lip and of the wing of the nose".
mouth: levator labii superioris - levator anguli oris - zygomaticus (major, minor) - mentalis - depressor labii inferioris - depressor anguli oris - buccinator - orbicularis oris - risorius
palate: levator veli palatini - tensor veli palatini - musculus uvulae - palatoglossus - palatopharyngeus
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