noun

• A muscle whose contraction causes the raising of a part of the body.

  ‘the principal levators of the wing’

  More example sentences

  • ‘levator scapulae’
  • ‘In the shoulder girdle, the serratus anterior, upper and lower trapezius, levator scapulae and rhomboid muscles are involved.’
  • ‘Research by Arat indicates the first two muscles affected by an over-loaded limbic system are the levator scapula and upper trapezius.’
  • ‘With the upper trapezius, the levator scapula lifts your shoulder blades.’
  • ‘The levator veli palatini muscle, which elevates the soft palate, is innervated by a pharyngeal branch of the vagus nerve.’
  • ‘Extra levator costae muscles may be associated with these ribs.’