mentalis muscle
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0008596
A muscle of facial expression, innervated by the facial nerve, attached to the skin of the lower lip and inferior to the lower lip (in humans this region is called the chin or mental region), the orbicularis oris muscle, and the mandible in the symphyseal region. See Diogo et al., 2009; Burrows et al., 2011). [ MFMO:0000122 ]
Synonyms: musculus mentalis, mentalis
Term info
- Wikipedia:Mentalis
- MFMO:0000122
- SCTID:244744003
- FMA:46825
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001581
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Mentalis.png
uberon
UBERON:0008596
Mentalis
Term relations
- facial muscle and attached to some lower lip and attached to some orbicularis oris muscle and attached to some mandibular symphyseal region
- lateral structure
- digestive system element
- facial muscle
- attached to some lower lip
- in lateral side of some chin
- part of some chin
- attached to some orbicularis oris muscle
- attached to some mandibular symphyseal region
- has muscle origin some mandible
- has muscle insertion some chin