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0; The lip s a rc su rro un ded by a sp h incter muscle (o rb icularis otis)

a nd a ttac h a t the sides of the mo ut h to th e buccina to r m uscle, wh ich crosses horizo n tally
from th e j aw. T he up p e r lip , wider th an the lower, is sha ped like a flatt ened M. The g r ooVl: of
th e M (p h iltru m) th rusts forward like th e p rO\\' of a sh ip (tu be rcle). T he 100vc r lip is d evol-
oped like an ex te nded w. The ce nt e r hTJ.uoye receives the tubercle of th c uppt' r lip, while th e
an11S of th e W C0 1111 two elliptical lobes . Bo th lips have th in ly edged margins th a t li m their f0 Il11S.