Depressor muscle of the lower lip
Musculus depressor labii inferioris
Draws the lower lip down and back.
- System
- Muscle
- Region
- Head
- Sides
- Paired: left and right
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
- The alveolar border of the mandible near the coronoid process, with the buccinator.
- Insertion
- The lower lip.
- Action
- Draws the lower lip down and back.
- Nerve
- Facial nerve, ventral buccal branch.
Written for Vetomica in its own words from the standard reference anatomy of the horse; the books it was checked against are listed below.
Terminology
- English
- Depressor muscle of the lower lip
- Latin (NAV)
- Musculus depressor labii inferioris
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria