MYONET - Atlas Musculature Orofacial System

Atlas Musculature: Area I/2,3

 Erhard Thiele     004e Atlas Musculature Inventory       MYONET.TOTAL PROGR CONTENTS  

I/2. Musculus depressor septi (Nasal septum lowering)

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lateral root of the nose

Abb. 4: Musculus depressor septi

Fixation:

Origo: Alveolar process upper middle incisor

Insertio: Cartilagenious nose septum

Path: Up and forward

Action: Tip of the nose down 

Specialities: Hyperfunction = deceptively shortened upper lip.   Passive stretching against cramped mouth slit closure

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 UPPERLIP MASSAGING (passive)

 

I/3. Musculus levator labii superioris et alae nasi

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Forked laterally along the nose

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Abb. 5: Musculus levator labii superioris et alae nasi

Fixation:

Origo: Lateral root of the nose (processus frontalis maxillae) and superior ophthalmic margin, medial

Insertio: Skin of upper lip and nasal wing
Path: Transversal medial-down
Action: Nasal region upwards
Specialities: Lifting nasal wing (-tip) and upper lip. Nose wrinkling, take a deep breath. ”short upper lip”
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UPPERLIP MASSAGING (passive), (PASSIV)  (Stretching) and NIBBLE RABBIT