Anterior auricular muscle
The anterior auricular muscle, the smallest of the three auricular 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.
| Anterior auricular muscle | |
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 Face and neck muscles. Anterior auricular muscle shown in red. | |
 The muscles of the auricula. Anterior auricular is at right (indicated by the red arrow). | |
| Details | |
| Origin | Temporal fascia |
| Insertion | Major Helix (ear) |
| Artery | Posterior auricular artery |
| Nerve | Temporal branch of facial nerve |
| Actions | Pulls ear forward |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | Musculus auricularis anterior |
| TA98 | A04.1.03.020 |
| TA2 | 2089 |
| FMA | 46856 |
| Anatomical terms of muscle | |
Additional images
Auricula in context.
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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