DEPRESSOR LABII INPERIORIS
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Quadratus, Q. Menti, Depressor labii inferioris proprius (F.) Mentonnier-lubial, Mento-labial (Ch.), Carre du Menton, Houppe du Menton, Abaisseur de la levre inferieuire. A small, thin, and quadrilateral muscle, which arises from the external oblique line of the lower jaw, and ascends to the lower lip, where it becomes confounded with the orbicularis oris. It pulls the lower lip downwards and outwards.
By Robley Dunglison
