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(anatomy) The muscle that raises the corners of the mouth.
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(anatomy) Any of several arteries supplying the teeth.
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(anatomy) In the human musculoskeletal system of the ear, a part that arises from the outer part of the antitragus and is inserted into the cauda helicis and antihelix.
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(anatomy) The basipterygoid process
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(anatomy) The width or breadth of the face from the widest part of one zygomatic arch to the widest part of the other
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(anatomy) A thin broad muscle forming the wall of the cheek.
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A facial muscle of the mouth.
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(obsolete, anatomy) The posterior part of the hyoglossus
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(anatomy) Relating to the coracobrachialis
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(anatomy) A small narrow pyramidal muscle at the medial end of the eyebrow.
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(anatomy) The zygomaticus minor muscle.
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A smile involving contraction of both the zygomatic major muscle (which raises the corners of the mouth) and the orbicularis oculi (which raises the cheeks and forms crow's feet around the eyes).
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A muscle in the deep layer of the anterior compartment of the human forearm.
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(anatomy, zootomy) Shaped like a U, or like the letter upsilon.
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(anatomy) A short extraocular muscle that arises from the orbital surface of the maxilla, is inserted slightly in front of and below the superior oblique muscle, and moves the eye upward and laterally.
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A bone or cartilage in this position
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(anatomy) A facial muscle that arises from the maxilla, inclines downward to be inserted into the corner of the mouth, and draws the lips up and back.
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(anatomy) A facial muscle arising from the lower margin of the orbit and inserting into the muscular substance of the upper lip which it elevates.
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(anatomy) A muscle of the face that arises from the nasal process of the maxilla, that passes downward and laterally, that divides into a part inserting into the alar cartilage and one inserting into the upper lip and that dilates the nostril and elevates the upper lip.
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One of the facial muscles that lift the lips, open the mouth, and flare the nostrils.
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(anatomy) A muscle arising from the temporal bone and the cartilage of the Eustachian tube and descending to insert into the midline of the soft palate which it elevates especially to close the nasopharynx while swallowing is taking place to prevent regurgitation of liquid or solid matter through the nose.
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(anatomy) A bony canal within the mandible that gives passage to blood vessels and nerves supplying the lower teeth.
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(anatomy) The large muscle which runs through the rear part of the cheek from the temporal bone to the lower jaw on each side, raises the lower jaw, and assists in mastication.
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(anatomy) A long narrow plate that forms the medial part of the pterygoid process, terminates in the pterygoid hamulus, and forms with its lateral surface part of the pterygoid fossa and with its medial surface the lateral boundary of a choana.
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(anatomy) A paired central muscle of the lower lip, situated at the tip of the chin; it originates in the incisive fossa of the mandible, inserts in the skin of the chin, and raises the chin and pushes up the lower lip.
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Any of the bones of the metatarsus.
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(anatomy) Any of the four muscles that are the primary participants in mastication: the masseter, the temporalis, the medial pterygoid, and the lateral pterygoid.
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Alternative form of nasoturbinate [A nasoturbinate bone.]
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(anatomy) A muscle that closes an opening.
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(anatomy) A muscle surrounding an opening.
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(anatomy) A muscle made up of several layers of fibers passing in different directions that surrounds the mouth and controls most movements of the lips (as compressing, closing, or pursing movements).
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(anatomy) A thin fibrous lamella attached to the posterior part of the hard palate that supports the soft palate, includes the tendon of the tensor veli palatini, and supports the other muscles of the palate.
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(anatomy) A roughly triangular facial muscle that arises from the fascia of the nasal bone and a cartilage in the side of the nose and inserts into the skin between the eyebrows, drawing down the medial part of the eyebrow and the skin of the forehead.
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(anatomy) Either of two muscles arising respectively from the lateral and medial surfaces of the lateral pterygoid process which serve to move the mandible forwards and to the side.
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(anatomy) Alternative form of pterygoid muscle. [(anatomy) Either of two muscles arising respectively from the lateral and medial surfaces of the lateral pterygoid process which serve to move the mandible forwards and to the side.]
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(anatomy) Relating to, or connecting the radius and the scaphoid
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(anatomy) A narrow band of facial muscle arising from the fascia over the masseter and inserting into the tissues at the corner of the mouth, which it draws laterally, as is used when smiling.
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(anatomy) A paranasal sinus contained within the body of the sphenoid bone.
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(anatomy) Alternative form of sternothyroid muscle. [(anatomy) An infrahyoid muscle on each side of the body below the sternohyoid muscle that arises from the sternum and from the cartilage of the first and sometimes of the second ribs, inserts into the thyroid cartilage, and acts to draw the larynx downward by depressing the thyroid cartilage.]
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(anatomy) Of or relating to the styloid process of the temporal bone and to the hyoid bone.
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A sharp spine that projects downward and forward from the inferior surface of the temporal bone just in front of the stylomastoid foramen and that is derived from cartilage of the second pharyngeal arch.
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(anatomy) Of or relating to the styloid process and the maxilla.
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(anatomy) Either of a pair of salivary glands located beneath the lower jaws, superior to the digastric muscles.
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A facial muscle of the mouth, associated with frowning.
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(anatomy) Relating to the cheek and cheekbone.
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(anatomy) Relating to the zygomatic bone and maxilla.
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(anatomy) The zygoma, or cheekbone.
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(anatomy) A slender band of muscle on each side of the face that arises from the zygomatic bone, inserts into the orbicularis oris and skin at the corner of the mouth, and acts to pull the corner of the mouth upward and backward when smiling or laughing.
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(anatomy) A slender band of muscle on each side of the face that arises from the zygomatic bone, inserts into the upper lip between the zygomaticus major and the levator labii superioris, and acts to raise the upper lip upward and laterally.
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