Muscular system
Depressor septi nasi
- System
- Muscular system
- Regions
- Head
- Side
- Left and right
- Part of
- Facial muscles
DescriptionUnreviewed
The depressor septi nasi muscle (or depressor alae nasi muscle) is a muscle of the face.
It connects the incisive fossa of the maxilla and the orbicularis oris muscle to the nasal septum of the nose.
It draws the ala of the nose downwards, reducing the size of the nostrils.
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Muscle attachments
Origin
Names
- Latin
- Depressor septi nasi
- English
- Depressor septi nasi
- French
- Muscle abaisseur du septum nasal
- Spanish
- Depresor del septo nasal
- Portuguese
- Depressor do septo nasal
In the same group
- Bucinator
- Corrugator supercilii
- Depressor anguli oris
- Depressor labii inferioris
- Levator anguli oris
- Levator labii superioris
- Levator nasolabialis
- Mentalis muscle
- Nasalis muscle
- Orbicularis oris muscle
- Orbital part of orbicularis oculi
- Palpebral part of orbicularis oculi
- Procerus muscle
- Risorius muscle
- Zygomaticus major muscle
- Zygomaticus minor muscle