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Meaning of "levator"

levator (noun) - Levator is a term used in anatomy to describe a muscle that has the function of lifting or elevating a specific body part, such as the levator ani muscle which supports the pelvic organs
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  • One who, or something which, lifts something else, as:
  • Any of several muscles whose contraction causes the raising of a part of the body.
  • A surgical instrument (tool) for lifting things, such as bone fragments or tissue flaps.

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The levator ani ascends from here.
We applied the taping to levator scapula muscle.
Levator ani syndrome is a variation of proctalgia fugax.
Pelvic floor formed by levator ani muscles.
Levator ani nerve is a nerve to levator ani muscles.
Puborectalis is part of the levator ani muscle.
Levator claviculae are present absent in humans.
Failure of nervous stimulation of the levator muscle.
Apparatus for levator distension repair.
Anabolic effect can be observed on musculus levator ani.
It is an attachment for the levator labii superioris muscle.
Levator scapulae muscle strain.
It is part of the levator ani muscle.
Levator anguli oris muscle.
Position of levator scapulae muscle.

See also

Levator labii supeioris muscle.
Musculus levator anguli oris.
Levator labii superioris muscle.
I can get us out of here by climbing up the levator shaft.
Musculus levator labii superioris.
The iliococcygeus and pubococcygeus make up the levator ani muscle.
Levator palpebrae superioris muscle.
It supplies the superior rectus and levator palpebrae superioris.
Musculus levator palpebrae superioris.
Electrophysiological evidence for prolonged inhibition of the levator palpebrae muscles.
Levator veli palatini muscle.
Originates from behind the levator to the tip of uvula.
Levator velum palatini muscle.
Musculus levator scapulae.
Levator ani are androgen dependent.
Musculus levator ani.
Levator ani syndrome.
Action is reflected in terms such as levator scapulae and extensor digitorum.
Levator scapulae ventralis.
Dissection continued laterally on each side to the levator ani muscles.
The levator is broken.
Problems usually arise from a tear or stretching of the levator muscle.
Levator ani muscle.
The first is a congenital condition in which the eyelid levator muscle is inhibited.
Levator palpebral superior.
Tendon of levator.
Levator palpebral superiosis.
Muscles of the pelvic diaphragm are the levator ani and coccygeus muscles.
Levator palpebræ superioris.
Dissection is carried out laterally to the levator ani muscles on each side.
Avoiding injection near levator palpebrae superioris may reduce the complication of ptosis.
The dilator naris posterior is placed partly beneath the levator labii superioris.
The levator palpebrae superioris muscle elevates and retracts the upper eyelid.
Sutures are then placed in the levator muscles to plicate them together in the midline.
Levator muscle contraction propels the contents of the pelvis upwards and forwards.

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