risorius muscle

risorius muscle

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0008598

Facial muscle that attaches to the fascia of the masseter muscle and the facia of the skin in the region of the corner (angle) of the mouth. Even in species in which this muscle is present, it is highly variable. A true risorius muscle may only be present in Hominins (humans and great apes). See Diogo 2008; Diogo et al., 2009; Burrows et al.., 2011., also DuBrul, 1980. [ MFMO:0000141 ]

Synonyms: musculus risorius risorius

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database cross reference

FMA:46838
SCTID:244755003
Wikipedia:Risorius
MFMO:0000141

Subsets

feed_aligned, human_reference_atlas

latin term

musculus risorius [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Risorius ]

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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/af/Musculusrisorius.png

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uberon

UBERON:0008598

present in taxon

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606

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facial muscle
has muscle insertion some facial modiolus
only in taxon some Homininae
innervated_by some facial nerve