Transverse muscle of the chin

Transverse muscle of the chin
Transverse muscle of the chin
	Scheme showing arrangement of fibers of orbicularis oris. (Triangularis labeled at bottom right.)
	Muscles of the head, face, and neck. (Labeled as triangularis near chin.)
Details
Nerve	Facial nerve
Identifiers
Latin	musculus transversus menti
TA98	A04.1.03.027
TA2	2077
FMA	49080
	Anatomical terms of muscle [edit on Wikidata]

The transversus menti, or transverse muscle of the chin, is a facial muscle that is often considered to be the superficial fibers of the depressor anguli oris muscle which cross to the other side of the face.^[1]

References

^ Marur, Tania; Tuna, Yakup; Demirci, Selman (2014-01-01). "Facial anatomy". Clinics in Dermatology. Red Face Revisited: I. 32 (1): 14–23. doi:10.1016/j.clindermatol.2013.05.022. ISSN 0738-081X. PMID 24314374.

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[1] Marur, Tania; Tuna, Yakup; Demirci, Selman (2014-01-01). "Facial anatomy". Clinics in Dermatology. Red Face Revisited: I. 32 (1): 14–23. doi:10.1016/j.clindermatol.2013.05.022. ISSN 0738-081X. PMID 24314374.

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