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  • Slackia of Cuttackboom has white infundibuliform bilabiate flowers, tubo brevi, deorsum leniter curvato, lobo medio labii inferioris reliquis minore, lab.super. intus biplicato, plicis sursum convergentibus, stam. quinto valde rudimentario, antheris apice cohaerentibus.

    Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith

  • Cum vero extremitatem vene superioris et inferioris putruisse cognoveris, fila dissolvantur et a loco removeantur, et deinde ut dictum est procedatur.

    Gilbertus Anglicus Medicine of the Thirteenth Century Henry Ebenezer Handerson

  • The old girl has her two nieces home for the holidays -- devilish handsome, larky girls -- so we have determined to take some mistletoe, and give a practical demonstration of the action of the _orbicularis oris_ and _ievatores labiæ superioris et inferioris_.

    Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, December 25, 1841 Various

  • Bignonia cordata has sweet smelling flowers, lab. medio labii inferioris bicristato.

    Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith

  • The Quadratus labii inferioris draws the lower lip directly downward and a little lateralward, as in the expression of irony.

    IV. Myology. 4d. The Muscles of the Mouth 1918

  • The additional fibers for the lower lip constitute a slip (m. incisivus labii inferioris) on either side of the middle line; this arises from the mandible, lateral to the Mentalis, and intermingles with the other muscles at the angle of the mouth.

    IV. Myology. 4d. The Muscles of the Mouth 1918

  • The superficial branch passes between the integument and Quadratus labii inferioris, and anastomoses with the inferior labial artery; the deep branch runs between the muscle and the bone, supplies the lip, and anastomoses with the inferior labial and mental arteries.

    VI. The Arteries. 3a. 2. The External Carotid Artery 1918

  • In addition to these there are fibers from the Quadratus labii superioris, the Zygomaticus, and the Quadratus labii inferioris; these intermingle with the transverse fibers above described, and have principally an oblique direction.

    IV. Myology. 4d. The Muscles of the Mouth 1918

  • Running backward and upward from each mental tubercle is a faint ridge, the oblique line, which is continuous with the anterior border of the ramus; it affords attachment to the Quadratus labii inferioris and Triangularis; the Platysma is attached below it.

    II. Osteology. 5b. 8. The Mandible (Lower Jaw) 1918

  • The valve of the inferior vena cava (valvula venœ cavœ inferioris [Eustachii]; Eustachian valve) is situated in front of the orifice of the inferior vena cava.

    V. Angiology. 4b. The Heart 1918

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