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LABIUM SUPERIUS ORIS [1 record]

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Record 1 2024-08-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
  • Lips and Tongue
Universal entry(ies)
labium superius oris
Latin
CONT

While considerations of the lips are often centered on the vermilion zone, the upper lip extends from the nasolabial folds to the inferior margin of the nose ... The upper and lower lips intersect at the mouth angle, referred to as the commissure.

OBS

upper lip; labium superius oris: designations found in the Terminologia Anatomica.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
  • Lèvres et langue
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
labium superius oris
Latin
CONT

La commissure des lèvres, aussi appelée commissure labiale, désigne [le] pli de chaque côté de la bouche, à la jonction de la lèvre supérieure et de la lèvre inférieure.

OBS

lèvre supérieure : désignation dérivée de la Terminologia Anatomica.

OBS

labium superius oris : désignation tirée de la Terminologia Anatomica.

Spanish

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