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Compressor muscle of lips --> cutaneomucous muscle

(Science: anatomy) The sucking muscle, a labial muscle formed by sagittal fibres running from the skin to the mucous membrane.

Synonym: Aeby's muscle, boveros muscle, compressor muscle of lips, Klein's muscle, Krause's muscle, mucocutaneous muscle, musculus cutaneomucosus.