What do you call...
By semicolonp
@semicolonp (518)
Philippines
April 21, 2009 12:03am CST
...that part of the face between the nose and the upper lip? I was asked my opinion on someone's art and that part was too focused, making the nose too large and... well, that's not the point. I just wanted to describe it to someone online and was stumped when I realized I have no idea what word to use.
For that matter, what do you call the inner counterpart of the elbow, as well as the inner part of the knee? Yes, this is quite a pointless question, but I'm really curious now. _
2 responses
@boogerman (1544)
• Philippines
21 Apr 09
Good day, semicolonp. Are you talking about the vertical groove on the upper lip? That was called philtrum. It gives a wide range of lip motions when stretched. This is my answer, happy mylotting... ;p
@oyenkai (4394)
• Philippines
29 Apr 09
Wikipedia: "The philtrum (Greek philtron (f??t???), from philein (f??e??), "to love; to kiss"), also known as the infranasal depression is the vertical groove in the upper lip, formed where the nasomedial and maxillary processes meet during embryonic development."
I got to eat searching for Human Face parts :) I didn't know about it until now too.
Thanks for the response on my discussion!
