| Occipitalis muscle | |
|---|---|
 |
|
| Visible at center right | |
 |
|
| Occipital bone. Outer surface. (Red circle at upper right is for occipitalis.) | |
| Latin | venter occipitalis musculi occipitofrontalis |
| Gray's | subject #105 379 |
| Origin | superior nuchal line of the occipital bone mastoid part of the temporal |
| Insertion | galea aponeurosis |
| Artery | occipital artery |
| Nerve | posterior auricular nerve (facial nerve) |
| Actions | wrinkles brow |
The Occipitalis, thin and quadrilateral in form, arises by tendinous fibers from the lateral two-thirds of the superior nuchal line of the occipital bone, and from the mastoid part of the temporal. It ends in the galea aponeurotica.
It could be a part of the occipitofrontalis muscle.
External links
- PTCentral
- occipital+belly+of+occipitofrontalis+muscle at eMedicine Dictionary
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 As such, some of the information contained herein may be outdated.
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 |
This muscle article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
This entry is from Wikipedia, the leading user-contributed encyclopedia. It may not have been reviewed by professional editors (see full disclaimer)
