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orbicularis oris muscle

^ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0010933


The orbicularis oris is a superficial facial muscle with fibers that encircle the opening of the oral cavity that attaches to the maxilla, mandible, skin and modiolus, and that participates in oral/pharyngeal behaviors, and is innervated by the facial nerve (CN VII). [ MFMO:0000058 http://www.feedexp.org/wiki/Mammalian_Muscle_Ontology_Workshop http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7580.2009.01111.x FEED:rd http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ar.21355 ]

Synonyms: orbicularis oris

Term info

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UBPROP 0000001

The orbicularis oris is a superficial facial muscle that attaches to the skin and modiolus, and that participates in oral/pharyngeal behaviors, and is innervated by the facial nerve .[FEED]

depicted by

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b6/Orbicularis_oris.jpg

has related synonym

incisivii labii superioris, nasolabialis muscle, orbicularis oris, musculus orbicularis oris, incisivii labii inferioris

id

UBERON:0010933

prefLabel

Orbicularis oris

see also

https://github.com/obophenotype/uberon/issues/473