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Levator palpebrae superioris

Etymology:

Definition:

L. levō: “to raise” or “one that lifts or raises” + L. palpebra: “an eyelid” + L. superus: “that is above, upper, higher”

The muscle that lifts the eyelid that is above the orbit. More specifically, it is a thin flat extrinsic muscle of the eye arising from the lesser wing of the sphenoid bone, passing forward and downward over the superior rectus, and inserting into the tarsal plate of the skin of the upper eyelid which it elevates.

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