zygomaticus minor

English

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin zygomaticus minor, clipping of mūsculus zygomaticus minor (“smaller zygomatic muscle”).

Pronunciation

Noun

zygomaticus minor (plural zygomatici minores)

  1. (anatomy) A slender band of muscle on each side of the face that arises from the zygomatic bone, inserts into the upper lip between the zygomaticus major and the levator labii superioris, and acts to raise the upper lip upward and laterally.
    Hypernym: zygomaticus
    Coordinate term: zygomaticus major

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