List of elevators of the human body
Human anatomy |
Elevation, is an anatomical term of motion for movement in a superior direction.
It is the opposite of
depression
.
Muscles
- elevation of the shoulders(e.g. shrugging shoulders) include:
- Levator scapulae muscle
- Rhomboid major muscle and Rhomboid minor muscle
- Trapezius muscle
- elevation of the ribs
- Pectoralis minor muscle
- Scalene muscles
- mandible
- upper lip
- wing of nose
- angle of mouth
- upper eyelid
- eyeball