mentalis

[医] 颏肌

发音

US /mɛnˈteɪ.lɪs/

词形变化

mentales 复数 mentales

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A paired central muscle of the lower lip, situated at the tip of the chin; it originates in the incisive fossa of the mandible, inserts in the skin of the chin, and raises the chin and pushes up the lower lip.

    颏肌

    医学

词源

Learned borrowing from New Latin mentālis, ellipsis of musculus mentālis (“the chin muscle”).

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