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superior tarsal muscle

^ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0010379


The superior tarsal muscle is a smooth muscle adjoining the levator palpebrae superioris muscle that helps to raise the upper eyelid. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superior_tarsal_muscle ]

Synonyms: Mueller's muscle

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editor note

declaring this to be both smooth muscle and part of the LPS leads to a disjointness violation (smooth muscle and striated muscle)

has related synonym

the superior tarsal muscle, Müller's muscle, musculus tarsalis superior, mueller muscle, Muller's muscle

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UBERON:0010379

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Superior tarsal muscle