orbicularis oculi muscle in dogs

A circumorbital muscle in the face that closes the eyelid[HP]. Every claim on this page comes from the Leumas anatomy graph and carries its source.

What the orbicularis oculi muscle is

A circumorbital muscle in the face that closes the eyelid[HP]. The atlas records it as a muscle at the organ scale in the dog.

Where the orbicularis oculi muscle is

It sits in the head, within the muscular and sensory systems. Not positioned individually, and containment is not asserted either. Drawn near structures of the same kind, which is a weak claim about location.

What the orbicularis oculi muscle connects to

The atlas records 8 typed relationships for it, across 5 kinds of connection. part of camera-type eye.

Supply and innervation

Innervation: facial nerve.

Also called

Also recorded as orbicularis oculi, musculus orbicularis oculi and tensor tarsi. Searching any of those names reaches this page.

Source

Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall et al.), CC BY 4.0. Term UBERON:0001578, version 2026-06-19, retrieved 2026-08-24. Licence: CC-BY-4.0.

• Part of: camera-type eye.
• A kind of: eye muscle and eyelid muscle.
• originates from: lacrimal bone, medial palpebral ligament and tetrapod frontal bone.
• Innervated by: facial nerve.
• inserts into: eyelid tarsus.

Questions

Where is the orbicularis oculi muscle?

It sits in the head, within the muscular and sensory systems. Not positioned individually, and containment is not asserted either. Drawn near structures of the same kind, which is a weak claim about location.

What does the orbicularis oculi muscle connect to?

Part of: camera-type eye.

Is the orbicularis oculi muscle the same in other species?

This page describes the dog. The human record of the same structure sits beside it on /compare, over one shared model rather than two atlases built separately.