Superior auricular muscle

Superior auricular muscle
Face and neck muscles. Superior auricular muscle shown in red.
The muscles of the auricula. Superior auricular is at top (indicated by the red arrow).
Details
Origin	Temporal fascia
Insertion	Above the ear
Artery	Posterior auricular artery
Nerve	branches to auricular muscle from posterior auricular nerve of facial nerve (cranial nerve VII)
Actions	Pulls ear upward
Identifiers
Latin	musculus auricularis superior
Dorlands /Elsevier	m_22/12548466
TA	A04.1.03.021
FMA	46855
Anatomical terms of muscle

The superior auricular muscle, the largest of the three auriculares muscles, is also thin and fan-shaped. Its fibers arise from the galea aponeurotica, and converge to be inserted by a thin, flattened tendon into the upper part of the cranial surface of the auricula.

Additional images

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  Auricula in context. Superior auricular shown in red.

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References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)