Superior auricular muscle
Appearance
Superior auricular muscle | |
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![]() Face and neck muscles. Superior auricular muscle shown in red. | |
![]() The muscles of the auricula. Superior auricular is at top (indicated by the red arrow). | |
Details | |
Origin | Temporal fascia |
Insertion | Above the ear |
Artery | Posterior auricular artery |
Nerve | branches to auricular muscle from posterior auricular nerve of facial nerve (cranial nerve VII) |
Actions | Pulls ear upward |
Identifiers | |
Latin | musculus auricularis superior |
TA98 | A04.1.03.021 |
TA2 | 2090 |
FMA | 46855 |
Anatomical terms of muscle |
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.
Additional images
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Auricula in context. Superior auricular shown in red.
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References
This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 1035 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)