Superior auricular muscle
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| Superior auricular muscle | |
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| The muscles of the auricula | |
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| Auricula in context. | |
| Latin | musculus auricularis superior |
| Gray's | subject #229 1035 |
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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.
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