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The superior auricular muscle is a muscle above the auricle of the outer ear. It originates from the epicranial aponeurosis, and inserts into the upper part of the medial surface of the auricle. It draws the auricle upwards.




Structure


The superior auricular muscle originates from the epicranial aponeurosis. Its fibres converge to be inserted by a thin, flattened tendon into the upper part of the medial surface of the auricle of the outer ear.
It is the largest of the three auriculares muscles. It is thin and fan-shaped.




= Nerve supply

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The superior auricular muscle is supplied by the temporal branch of the facial nerve (VII).




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See also


Anterior auricular muscle
Posterior auricular muscle




References


This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 1035 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

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