Definition of Levatores

1. levator [n] - See also: levator

Lexicographical Neighbors of Levatores

levator
levator anguli oris
levator ani
levator cushion
levator hernia
levator labii superioris
levator labii superioris alaeque nasi
levator muscle of thyroid gland
levator palati muscle
levator palpebrae superioris
levator scapulae
levator swelling
levator veli palatini
levatores (current term)
levatores costarum muscles
levators
leve
levee
leveed
leveeing
levees
leveful
level
level(p)
level-coil
level-headed
level-headedness
level-triggered

Literary usage of Levatores

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1901)
"The Inferior levatores divide into two fasciculi, one of which is inserted as above described ; the other fasciculus passes down to the second rib below its ..."

2. The Anatomy and Physiology of the Human Body by John Bell, Charles Bell (1829)
"... they belong: they pass one rib to go into the one below it; they are consequently twice as long as the nine first are, and are therefore named levatores ..."

3. On Diseases Peculiar to Women: Including Displacements of the Uterus by Hugh Lenox Hodge (1868)
"... some fibres go to the utero-sacral ligaments, increasing their strength and efficiency. THE levatores ANI MUSCLES arise between the two ..."

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