Is There A Word For The 'top Lip'?

[plowter]

Is there a medical term for the 'top lip' - the fleshy triangle between the bottom of the nose and the horizontal edges of the lip?

[ChillDoubt]

You wha'?

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/04/11/article-2128184-0053DCC300000258-57_634x379.jpg

[Peter Pedant]

it seems so but it also seems never to be used
upper lip

could be superior labium -

the adjective - superior labial IS used for sundry arteries and nerves

one dictionary gives " labia oris" for the two lips

This:
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=yfb06-7rtZoC&pg=PA188&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false
at page 179 just uses 'lip'

hoszontal edge of the lip is the Vermilion margin - or border
and if you wiki that
it goes on about pars intermedia labiorum oris
jesus Latin overkill as far as I 'm concerned

[Arksided]

hey, hey, hey... calm down...

[plowter]

'NoItsnotaphiltrum' seems like the best answer we're going to get.

Is there a national society for the 'Naming Of Parts Of The Body We Didn't Know Didn't Have Names Yet'?

[DTCwordfan]

tambo - //Musculus levator labii superioris // do we perhaps have the wrong end of the female body?

[Arksided]

Not that I'm aware of... but dude... apart from the above .. what do you really have? Do you need medical care for it?

[anneasquith]

or,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,could it be UPPER LIP ?

[Peter Pedant]

DTC
that is the muscle you use to sneer ( it lifts up the upper lip)

,,,,, and I dont think she is sneering..... down there.

[Arksided]

he may be asking for himself... ladies:

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/members/plowter-109389/

[DTCwordfan]

speaking from experience, Peter?

[plowter]

Less of the personals, arkS.

Have never hid the fact I'm a fat animal in Boots.
If you like men lurking in chemist shops, phone 0870

[woofgang]

I answered this...proper latin words and everything

[Tilly2]

I can't believe that this has reached 73 posts.

[plowter]

Nearest muscle I can find is the Levator labii superioris.
So tamborine wins a coconut, well done.

[ferlew]

Cupid bow ? That's triangular.