Medial levator of the angle of the eye
Musculus levator anguli oculi medialis
Raises the upper eyelid.
About the medial levator of the angle of the eye of the cat
Medial levator of the angle of the eye is a muscle of the head (head), one on each side of the body. Its name in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria is Musculus levator anguli oculi medialis. You can turn it above, see it in place in the head of the cat, 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
- Frontal region near the dorsal midline, continuous with the interscutularis.
- Insertion
- The upper eyelid, blending with the orbicularis oculi.
- Action
- Raises the upper eyelid.
- Nerve
- Facial nerve, auriculopalpebral branch.
Written for Vetomica in its own words from the standard reference anatomy of the cat; the books it was checked against are listed below.
Terminology
- English
- Medial levator of the angle of the eye
- Latin (NAV)
- Musculus levator anguli oculi medialis
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
Questions about the medial levator of the angle of the eye
- What is the Latin name of the medial levator of the angle of the eye?
- In the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria, the medial levator of the angle of the eye is called Musculus levator anguli oculi medialis.
- Where is the medial levator of the angle of the eye of the cat?
- Medial levator of the angle of the eye is a muscle of the head (head), one on each side of the body.
- Where does the medial levator of the angle of the eye originate and insert?
- Origin: Frontal region near the dorsal midline, continuous with the interscutularis. Insertion: The upper eyelid, blending with the orbicularis oculi.
- What nerve supplies the medial levator of the angle of the eye?
- Facial nerve, auriculopalpebral branch.
- What does the medial levator of the angle of the eye do?
- Raises the upper eyelid.
See the medial levator of the angle of the eye inside the whole cat.
Vetomica opens on this structure with every layer of the cat 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.
