title: [Anatomy of the labial region].
abstract: The phylogenetic and embryologic basis, as well as compared anatomy allow for a greater grasp of the multiform organization, as of the complex functions for the cosmetic appearance of the facial expression, which, as it grows older, will not touch to the magical beauty of the first smile, as it always was.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire d'anatomie médico-chirurgicale appliquée, UER III Victor-Pachon, université Bordeaux II, 146, rue Léo-Saignat, 33076 Bordeaux, France. philippe.caix@phcaix.u-bordeaux2.fr
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Caix
mesh_terms: D000717:Anatomy, Comparative; D000818:Animals; D005149:Facial Expression; D006801:Humans; D008046:Lip / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000196:embryology*; D009055:Mouth / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000196:embryology*; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000196:embryology; D010802:Phylogeny