nasalis (English, noun)
expansion: nasalis (plural nasales)
Senses:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A small muscle on each side of the nose that constricts the nasal aperture by the action of a triangular transverse portion which draws the lateral part of the aperture upward and a quadrangular alar portion which draws it downward.
Forms:
form: nasales
tags: plural