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levator labiorum

levator labiorum noun: one of the facial muscles that lift the lips, open the mouth, and flare the nostrils.

Noun

levator labiorum (plural levatores labiorum or levatores labiorums)

  1. One of the facial muscles that lift the lips, open the mouth, and flare the nostrils.
    • The Occipito Forntalis wrinkles the forehead; the Corrugator Supercilii knits the brow; the Levatores Labiorums lift up the lip, spread wide the nostrils, and open the mouth; […]1810, John Bell, Engravings of the Bones, Muscles, and Joints, page 58
    • The Ramus Buccinalis-labialis, that branch of the fifth nerve which goes to the buccinator, triangularis, levator labiorum, and orbicularis muscles.1829, Charles Bell, “On the nerves of the face; being a second paper on that subject”, in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society

Forms of levator labiorum

plurallevatores labiorum
plurallevatores labiorums

Questions about levator labiorum

What does levator labiorum mean?
Levator labiorum means one of the facial muscles that lift the lips, open the mouth, and flare the nostrils.
What part of speech is levator labiorum?
Levator labiorum is a noun.
What is the plural of levator labiorum?
The plural of levator labiorum is levatores labiorum.

Words near levator labiorum in the dictionary

  1. levator ani
  2. levator ani syndrome
  3. levator costae
  4. levator labii superioris
  5. levator labii superioris alaeque nasi
  6. levator labiorum
  7. levator palpebrae superioris
  8. levator prostatae
  9. levator scapulae
  10. levator veli palatini
  11. levatores

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