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词条 Levator labii superioris
释义

  1. Structure

  2. Function

  3. See also

  4. Additional images

  5. References

  6. External links

{{Infobox muscle
| Name = Levator labii superioris
| Latin = musculus levator labii superioris
| Image = Levator labii superioris.png
| Caption = Muscles of the head, face, and neck.
| Image2 =
| Caption2 =
| Origin = Medial infra-orbital margin
| Insertion = Skin and muscle of the upper lip (labii superioris)
| Action = Elevates the upper lip
| Blood = facial artery
| Nerve = buccal branch of the facial nerve (C.N. VII)
| Antagonist =
}}

The levator labii superioris (or quadratus labii superioris) is a muscle of the human body used in facial expression. It is a broad sheet, the origin of which extends from the side of the nose to the zygomatic bone.[1]

Structure

Its medial fibers form the angular head (also known as the levator labii superioris alaeque nasi muscle,[2]) which arises by a pointed extremity from the upper part of the frontal process of the maxilla and passing obliquely downward and lateralward divides into two slips.

One of these is inserted into the greater alar cartilage and skin of the nose; the other is prolonged into the lateral part of the upper lip, blending with the infraorbital head and with the orbicularis oris.

The intermediate portion or infraorbital head arises from the lower margin of the orbit immediately above the infraorbital foramen, some of its fibers being attached to the maxilla, others to the zygomatic bone.

Its fibers converge, to be inserted into the muscular substance of the upper lip between the angular head and the levator anguli oris.

The lateral fibers, forming the zygomatic head (also known as the zygomaticus minor muscle,[3]) arise from the malar surface of the zygomatic bone immediately behind the zygomaticomaxillary suture and pass downward and medialward to the upper lip.

Function

Its main function is to elevate upper lip.[4]

See also

  • levator labii superioris alaeque nasi

Additional images

References

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1. ^{{cite book |author=Rapini, Ronald P. |author2=Bolognia, Jean L. |author3=Jorizzo, Joseph L. |title=Dermatology: 2-Volume Set |publisher=Mosby |location=St. Louis |year=2007 |pages=2166 |isbn=1-4160-2999-0 |oclc= |doi= |accessdate=}}
2. ^{{cite book|author=Eliot Goldfinger Artist/Anatomist|title=Human Anatomy for Artists : The Elements of Form: The Elements of Form|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Clre5l9lqyUC&lpg=PA87&pg=PA87#v=onepage|date=7 November 1991|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-976310-8|page=87}}
3. ^{{cite book|author=Eliot Goldfinger Artist/Anatomist|title=Human Anatomy for Artists : The Elements of Form: The Elements of Form|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Clre5l9lqyUC&lpg=PA90&pg=PA90#v=onepage|date=7 November 1991|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-976310-8|page=90}}
4. ^Clinically Oriented Anatomy 6th ed by Moore & Dalley

External links

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20050804024427/http://www.ptcentral.com/muscles/musclehead.html#levator%20labii%20superioris%20alaeque%20nasi PTCentral]
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