Levator muscle of the upper lip
Musculus levator labii superioris
Raises the upper lip and helps bare the canine tooth.
About the levator muscle of the upper lip of the dog
Levator muscle of the upper lip is a muscle of the head (head), one on each side of the body. Its name in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria is Musculus levator labii superioris. You can turn it above, see it in place in the head of the dog, and open it inside the whole animal in Vetomica.
Where it runs from and to
A muscle is told apart from its neighbours by what it takes hold of at each end, which is also what decides what it does when it shortens.
- Origin
- Maxilla in front of the orbit, deep to the levator nasolabialis.
- Insertion
- Upper lip.
- Action
- Raises the upper lip and helps bare the canine tooth.
- Nerve
- Dorsal buccal branch of the facial nerve.
Written for Vetomica in its own words from the standard reference anatomy of the dog; the books it was checked against are listed below.
Terminology
- English
- Levator muscle of the upper lip
- Latin (NAV)
- Musculus levator labii superioris
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
Questions about the levator muscle of the upper lip
- What is the Latin name of the levator muscle of the upper lip?
- In the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria, the levator muscle of the upper lip is called Musculus levator labii superioris.
- Where is the levator muscle of the upper lip of the dog?
- Levator muscle of the upper lip is a muscle of the head (head), one on each side of the body.
- Where does the levator muscle of the upper lip originate and insert?
- Origin: Maxilla in front of the orbit, deep to the levator nasolabialis. Insertion: Upper lip.
- What nerve supplies the levator muscle of the upper lip?
- Dorsal buccal branch of the facial nerve.
- What does the levator muscle of the upper lip do?
- Raises the upper lip and helps bare the canine tooth.
See the levator muscle of the upper lip inside the whole dog.
Vetomica opens on this structure with every layer of the dog around it: peel back the skin and the muscles, cut a section through it, X-ray it, and practise naming it until you stop getting it wrong.
Free for 7 days, no card. After that the skeletons stay free.
