This pain often gets worse during bowel movements because of pressure on a muscle in the pelvic floor called the levator ani.    From Wordnik.com.  [innovations-report] Reference

K, inferior oblique; L, levator palpebri superioris.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Practical Physiology] Reference

Her levator palpebrae muscles have to work hard to keep her eyes open.    From Wordnik.com.  [Diary]

C. External pterygoid process lying on the levator and tensor palati muscles.    From Wordnik.com.  [Surgical Anatomy] Reference

The anterior fibres of the levator ani muscle embrace the prostate on both its sides.    From Wordnik.com.  [Surgical Anatomy] Reference

Her levator labii superioris pulls her upper lip up into a sneer and flares her nostrils.    From Wordnik.com.  [Diary]

The levator palpebræ was normal, but spasm of the orbicularis held the eye firmly closed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre] Reference

The right eye was partially closed, but could be opened by the levator palpebræ superioris.    From Wordnik.com.  [Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre] Reference

The levator palpebræ superioris acted very slightly; the right, however, better than the left.    From Wordnik.com.  [Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre] Reference

The two straighten, then bow, then sit up, ocular level again, she pounces, wilting him at the levator.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kissing Cobras] Reference

The levator ani muscle separates the pudic vessels and nerves from the sides of the rectum and bladder.    From Wordnik.com.  [Surgical Anatomy] Reference

The levator labii superioris pulls his top lip up to his nostrils, and his face goes down into his notebook.    From Wordnik.com.  [Diary]

Example, levator veli palatini, raises (levator) the palate (palatini), or obicularis (orbits or encircles) oculi (the eyes).    From Wordnik.com.  [Muscles Part 2] Reference

And those of the soft palate are the levator veli palatini, palatoglossus, palatopharyngeus, tensor veli palatini and musculus uvulae.    From Wordnik.com.  [Muscles Part 2] Reference

It was doubtful in this case whether the ptosis depended on injury to the nerve of supply, or on laceration and fixation of the levator palpebræ superioris.    From Wordnik.com.  [Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre] Reference

When you pull up your upper lip — when you show that one top tooth, the one the museum guard broke — this is your levator labii superioris muscle at work.    From Wordnik.com.  [Diary]

Or I guess I mean hell's summer, her nasal bone burrowed into my levator, her wet smile making the hairs along my neckline straighten, each one exclamated with a goosebump.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pectoralis Minor] Reference

As you age, the levator muscle can weaken, creating sagging in the eyelid.    From Wordnik.com.  [Health News from Medical News Today] Reference

The levator muscle, lies within the eyelid and is responsible for opening your eye.    From Wordnik.com.  [Health News from Medical News Today] Reference

"Of course the act of lifting the lid depends upon the levator palpebræ supplied by the third nerve.".    From Wordnik.com.  [With Sabre and Scalpel. The Autobiography of a Soldier and Surgeon] Reference

Now, my friend Jim shared all you could ever want to know about the levator labii superioris alaeque nasi.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed] Reference

In each case, the levator labii muscle reacted similarly, proving that moral outrage evolved from basic disgust.    From Wordnik.com.  [mental_floss Blog] Reference

There's a similar moment the next day after we have been visualising the ring muscles around the eyes and the levator muscles from the jaw.    From Wordnik.com.  [Life and style | guardian.co.uk] Reference

The movements of the eyeball are restricted in a varying degree, and ptosis often results from paralysis of the levator palpebræ superioris.    From Wordnik.com.  [Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.] Reference

He also gives an instance of congenital paralysis of the levator palpebrae muscles in a child whose vision was perfect and who was otherwise perfect.    From Wordnik.com.  [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference

He also gives an instance of congenital paralysis of the levator palpebræ muscles in a child whose vision was perfect and who was otherwise perfect.    From Wordnik.com.  [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference

For this, Sir William Fergusson long ago proposed the division of the palatal muscles, the levator, tensor, and palato-pharyngeus muscle of each side.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners] Reference

When the researchers measured the levator labii, they found a similar level of activation during responses to disgusting drinks, photos and moral choices.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Why Files] Reference

Why waste your time going out and dancing when you can simply hook your face up to your stereo and stretch those all-important levator labii superioris muscles?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blogposts | guardian.co.uk] Reference

The trapezius, the splenius, the scaleni, and the levator scapulæ muscle may also undergo shortening, along with their investing sheaths derived from the cervical fascia.    From Wordnik.com.  [Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.] Reference

In each situation, Chapman used electromyography to measured electrical activity of the levator labii muscle, which makes the wrinkled nose and frown face of a disgusted look.    From Wordnik.com.  [mental_floss Blog] Reference

The upper eyelid, in place of presenting a uniform, continuous arch, has, about one-third from its inner angle, an abrupt bend, caused by the contraction of the levator muscle.    From Wordnik.com.  [Special Report on Diseases of the Horse] Reference

And Peter’s levator labii superioris muscle pulled his top lip into a sneer.    From Wordnik.com.  [Diary]

And Peter smiled, but only by lifting his levator labii, his sneer muscle, and he said, “Yeah, sure.    From Wordnik.com.  [Diary]

55, his "compressor isthmi urethrae;" and by M. Cruveilhier as being part of the levator ani muscle.    From Wordnik.com.  [Surgical Anatomy] Reference

The levator ani muscle.    From Wordnik.com.  [Surgical Anatomy] Reference