Anterior auricular muscle
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Anterior auricular muscle | |
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The muscles of the auricula | |
Auricula in context. | |
Latin | musculus auricularis anterior |
Gray's | subject #229 1035 |
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The anterior auricular muscle, the smallest of the three auriculares muscles, is thin and fan-shaped, and its fibers are pale and indistinct. It arises from the lateral edge of the galea aponeurotica, and its fibers converge to be inserted into a projection on the front of the helix.
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