CORRUGATOR SUPERCILII
\kˈɒɹuːɡˌe͡ɪtə sˈuːpəsˌɪlɪˌa͡ɪ], \kˈɒɹuːɡˌeɪtə sˈuːpəsˌɪlɪˌaɪ], \k_ˈɒ_ɹ_uː_ɡ_ˌeɪ_t_ə s_ˈuː_p_ə_s_ˌɪ_l_ɪ__ˌaɪ]\
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A muscle situate in the eyebrows. It is attached, by its inner extremity, to the superciliary ridge, and is confounded, externally, with the occipito frontalis and orbicularis paplebrarum. It carries the eyebrow inwards, and wrinkles the skin of the forehead.
By Robley Dunglison
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