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corrugator supercilii

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corrugator supercilii
[kôr′əgā′tər so̅o̅′pərsil′ē·ī]
Etymology: L, corrugare, to wrinkle; super, above, cilium, eyelash
one of the three muscles of the eyelid. Arising from the medial end of the superciliary arch and inserting into the skin above the orbital arch, it is innervated by the temporal and zygomatic branches of the facial nerve and functions to draw the eyebrow downward and inward, as if to frown. Also called corrugator. Compare levator palpebrae superioris, orbicularis oculi.


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infraorbital (zygomaticus major and minor, the levator labii superioris alaeque nasi, the superior part of the orbicularis oris, and possibly the compressor naris, the depressor septi nasi, the orbicularis oculi, the frontalis, the corrugator supercilii, and the procerus)
It involves the involuntary activity of the orbicularis oculi, procerus, and corrugator supercilii muscles.
 
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