levator palpebrae superioris (English, noun)
expansion: levator palpebrae superioris (plural levatores palpebrarum superiorum)
Senses:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A thin flat extrinsic muscle of the eye arising from the lesser wing of the sphenoid bone, passing forward and downward over the superior rectus, and inserting into the tarsal plate of the skin of the upper eyelid which it elevates.
Forms:
form: levatores palpebrarum superiorum
tags: plural