Levator nasolabialis muscle
Musculus levator nasolabialis
(1) To elevate the upper lip and the commissure; (2) to dilate the nostril.
About the levator nasolabialis muscle of the horse
Levator nasolabialis 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 nasolabialis. You can turn it above, see it in place in the head of the horse, 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
- The frontal and nasal bones.
- Insertion
- The upper lip and the lateral wing of the nostril.
- Action
- (1) To elevate the upper lip and the commissure; (2) to dilate the nostril.
- Nerve
- The dorsal buccal branch of the facial nerve.
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
- Levator nasolabialis muscle
- Latin (NAV)
- Musculus levator nasolabialis
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
Questions about the levator nasolabialis muscle
- What is the Latin name of the levator nasolabialis muscle?
- In the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria, the levator nasolabialis muscle is called Musculus levator nasolabialis.
- Where is the levator nasolabialis muscle of the horse?
- Levator nasolabialis muscle is a muscle of the head (head), one on each side of the body.
- Where does the levator nasolabialis muscle originate and insert?
- Origin: The frontal and nasal bones. Insertion: The upper lip and the lateral wing of the nostril.
- What nerve supplies the levator nasolabialis muscle?
- The dorsal buccal branch of the facial nerve.
- What does the levator nasolabialis muscle do?
- (1) To elevate the upper lip and the commissure; (2) to dilate the nostril.
See the levator nasolabialis 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.
Free for 7 days, no card. After that the skeletons stay free.
