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superior tarsal muscle

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The superior tarsal muscle is a smooth muscle adjoining the levator palpebrae superioris muscle that helps to raise the upper eyelid. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superior_tarsal_muscle ]

Term info

Label

superior tarsal muscle

Synonyms
  • Mueller's muscle
database cross reference
depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6f/Gray894.png

editor note

declaring this to be both smooth muscle and part of the LPS leads to a disjointness violation (smooth muscle and striated muscle)

has related synonym

Müller's muscle, the superior tarsal muscle, musculus tarsalis superior, mueller muscle, Muller's muscle

id

UBERON:0010379