| Anterior auricular muscle | |
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| The muscles of the auricula | |
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| 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.
This article was originally based on an entry from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy. As such, some of the information contained herein may be outdated.
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