levator in English

noun
1
a muscle whose contraction causes the raising of a part of the body.
In the shoulder girdle, the serratus anterior, upper and lower trapezius, levator scapulae and rhomboid muscles are involved.

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1. 14 They include the levator and depressor of the trochanter,[www.Sentencedict.com] tibia and tarsus and the levator of the pretarsus.

2. Rarefaction of levator Aponeurosis or disinsertion from tarsus; The Aponeurosis has two sites of attachment to the tarsus, superficially along the anterior tarsal surface and deeper fibers that attach along the superior aspect of the tarsus (Marcet, Ophthalmology, 2013).

3. Anismus, paradoxical external sphincter function, spastic pelvic floor syndrome, rectoanal dysnergia, abdomino-levator incoordination for abdominopelvic asychronism, are all due to paradoxical contraction of the striated sphincter apparatus during oviding and is characterised by prolonged and excessive straining at stool.

4. The five target androgen-dependent tissues included in this test method are the ventral prostate (VP), seminal vesicle (SV) (plus fluids and coagulating glands), levator ani-bulbocavernosus (LABC) muscle, paired Cowper's glands (COW) and the glans penis (GP).

5. The superior Constrictor muscle is located anterior to the prevertebral muscles and posterior to the buccinator muscle, from which it is separated by the pterygomandibular raphe.The slit that contains levator veli palatini muscle, the pharyngotympanic tube and an upward projection of pharyngobasilar fascia separates the superior border of the superior Constrictor muscle from the …