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 https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.21355 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7580.2009.01111.x http://www.feedexp.org/wiki/Mammalian_Muscle_Ontology_Workshop FEED:rd ]
Term information
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).
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]
incisivii labii superioris
nasolabialis muscle
orbicularis oris
incisivii labii inferioris
musculus orbicularis oris
Term relations
- facial muscle and surrounds some oral opening and attached to some mandible and attached to some skin of body and attached to some maxilla and attached to some facial modiolus
- facial muscle
- attached to some maxilla
- attached to some mandible
- has muscle insertion some skin of lip
- has muscle origin some maxilla
- surrounds some oral opening
- attached to some facial modiolus
- has muscle origin some mandible
- attached to some skin of body
- innervated_by some facial nerve