quadrate muscle of upper lip

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A muscle composed of three heads usually described as three muscles: the elevator muscle of the upper lip and wing of the nose, the elevator muscle of the upper lip, and the lesser zygomatic muscle.

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Ney said McDonnell needs to “keep a stiff lip” and stay in close contact with family members.
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She narrowed her eyes, bit her lip as if to chew over the question, and whisked some stray blond hairs away from her face.
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Security guards have also been posted to add some muscle (but this has done little to deter vandals in past years).
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“Perhaps you do not speak my language,” she said in Urdu, the tongue most frequently heard in Upper India.
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On the upper part of the stem the whorls are very close together, but they are more widely separated at the lower portion.
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It is to be remembered, however, that a few of these bacteria may reach the sputum from the upper air-passages.
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The upper part of the stem is usually unbranched, but whorls of branches occur towards the base.
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He paled a little, and sucked his lip, his eyes wandering to the girl, who stood in stolid inapprehension of what was being said.
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