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MUSCLE ELEVATEUR PAUPIERE SUPERIEURE [1 record]

Record 1 2024-07-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
  • Muscles and Tendons
  • The Eye
Universal entry(ies)
CONT

The levator palpebrae superioris muscle attaches into the tarsal plate and skin of the upper eyelid and is the primary elevator of the eyelid.

OBS

levator palpebrae superioris: English and Latin designations found in the Terminologia Anatomica.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
  • Muscles et tendons
  • Oeil
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
CONT

Le muscle élévateur de la paupière est associé au tarse dans la paupière supérieure [...] et attire en haut la paupière. Il naît de la partie postérieure du toit de l'orbite, juste au-dessus du foramen optique, et se termine à la surface antérieure du tarse supérieur, et peut aussi abandonner quelques fibres à la peau de la paupière supérieure.

OBS

muscle élévateur de la paupière supérieure : désignation dérivée de la Terminologia Anatomica.

OBS

levator palpebrae superioris : désignation tirée de la Terminologia Anatomica.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Morfología y fisiología general
  • Músculos y tendones
  • Ojo
Entrada(s) universal(es)
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