auricularis anterior

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Introduction

Sometimes considered to be the anterior part of the temporoparietalis muscle.

Origin

epicranial aponeurosis

Insertion

cartilage of auricle

Action

draws pinna of ear upward & forward

Innervation

facial nerve (CN VII)

More general terms

References

  1. ↑ Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
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