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). [ http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ar.21355 http://www.feedexp.org/wiki/Mammalian_Muscle_Ontology_Workshop FEED:rd MFMO:0000058 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7580.2009.01111.x ]
Synonyms: orbicularis oris
Term information
- FMA:46841
- Wikipedia:Orbicularis_oris_muscle
- SCTID:244749008
- MFMO:0000058
human_reference_atlas
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
musculus orbicularis oris
incisivii labii inferioris
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
- has muscle insertion some skin of lip
- has muscle origin some maxilla
- has muscle origin some mandible
- innervated_by some facial nerve