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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Term information
database
cross reference
- FMA:46825
- MFMO:0000122
- Wikipedia:Mentalis
- SCTID:244744003
Subsets
human_reference_atlas
Term relations
Equivalent to:
- facial muscle and attached to some lower lip and attached to some orbicularis oris muscle and attached to some mandibular symphyseal region
Subclass of:
- facial muscle
- in lateral side of some chin
- has muscle origin some mandible
- has muscle insertion some chin
- innervated_by some facial nerve