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What does mentalis mean?

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Noun
  1. (anatomy) A paired central muscle of the lower lip, situated at the tip of the chin.
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In Anna Wierzbicka's 1972 book Semantic Primitives, only 14 semantic primitives were proposed and in her 1980 book Lingua Mentalis, the inventory was not much bigger.
This patient underwent resuspension of her chin pad and mentalis muscle.
The mentalis muscle elevates the central portion of the lower lip.
The dissection is directed obliquely, posteriorly and inferiorly through the mentalis muscle until contact is made with the mandibular symphysis.

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