The muscle that originates on the lateral nasal cartilages and the aponeuroses covering the inferior portions of the nasal bones, and draws the medial angle of eyebrows inferiorly is called the ________.

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The muscle described is the procerus, which originates on the lateral nasal cartilages and the aponeuroses covering the inferior portions of the nasal bones, and draws the medial angle of eyebrows inferiorly. The other choices listed do not match this description. The mentalis is a muscle of the chin, the occipitofrontalis is a muscle of the scalp, the nasalis is a muscle of the nose, and the corrugator supercilii is a muscle that draws the eyebrows medially and inferiorly.

The Muscle That Originates on the Lateral Nasal Cartilages and the Aponeuroses