Levator labii superioris muscle

Musculus levator labii superioris

  • Muscle
  • Head
  • Paired: left and right
  • Horse

About the levator labii superioris muscle of the horse

Levator labii superioris muscle 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 horse, and open it inside the whole animal in Vetomica.

Terminology

English
Levator labii superioris muscle
Latin (NAV)
Musculus levator labii superioris
Status
A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria

Questions about the levator labii superioris muscle

What is the Latin name of the levator labii superioris muscle?
In the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria, the levator labii superioris muscle is called Musculus levator labii superioris.
Where is the levator labii superioris muscle of the horse?
Levator labii superioris muscle is a muscle of the head (head), one on each side of the body.

See the levator labii superioris muscle inside the whole horse.

Vetomica opens on this structure with every layer of the horse 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.

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