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
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Equivalent to:
- facial muscle and attaches_to some lower lip and attaches_to some orbicularis oris muscle and attaches_to some mandibular symphyseal region
Subclass of:
- lateral structure
- digestive system element
- facial muscle
- in_lateral_side_of some chin
- part of some chin
- has_muscle_origin some mandible
- attaches_to some lower lip
- has_muscle_insertion some chin
- attaches_to some mandibular symphyseal region
- attaches_to some orbicularis oris muscle