This section is from the book "The London Medical Dictionary", by Bartholomew Parr. Also available from Amazon: London Medical Dictionary.
This muscle arises from the external termination of the frontal muscle, it being formed of different fleshy fibres covering the temporal muscle; and being thin and membranous, is carried over it; then growing narrower, is inserted into the upper part of the car, bringing it upward and forward.
Elevator labii inferioris. See Levator Labii 1nferioris.
Elevator labii superioris. See Levator labii Superioris.
Elevator labiorum. See Levator communis. Elevator nasi alarum. These muscles arise from the top of the bone of the nose near the lachrymal cavity, with a sharp and fleshy beginning, and failing clown towards its sides in a triangular figure, not much unlike the Greek letter
run downwards the length of the bone, and are inserted broad and fleshy into the alae nasi.
Elevator oculi; superbus, attollens, and rectus superior. This muscle rises from the bottom of the socket, near the hole which gives a passage to the optic nerve; then passing over the upper part of the globe of the eye, is inserted into the superior and anterior part of the sclerotica.
Elevator palpebrae superioris. See Levator Palpebrae Superioris.
 
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