Back Músculo transverso del mentón Spanish ماهیچه عرضی چانه Persian Muscle transverse du menton French Muscolo depressore dell'angolo della bocca#Muscolo trasverso del mento Italian Musculus transversus menti Dutch Поперечная мышца подбородка Russian Poprečni mišić brade Serbo-Croatian Попречни мишић браде Serbian
| 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 | |
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]
- ^ 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.