Musculi epicranii
As Musculi epicranii are cutaneous muscles in the area of the cranial vault summarized. In detail these are:
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Occipitofrontalis muscle with its two parts
- Occipital muscle and
- Frontalis muscle and the
- Temporoparietalis muscle .
The epicranium muscles belong to the mimic muscles , they wrinkle or smooth the scalp due to their attachment to the tendon cover ( galea aponeurotica ). In humans, however, they only play a small part in facial expressions . As the entire facial muscles, the musculi epicranii from VII. Cranial nerve , the facial nerve , innervates .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Karin Wieben, Bernd Falkenberg: Muscle function: testing and clinical significance . 6th edition. Georg Thieme, Stuttgart 2012, ISBN 978-3-13-166086-2 , p. 65 .
- ↑ Final spurt preclinical: Anatomy 3: The scripts for the Physikum . 4th edition. Georg Thieme, Stuttgart 2017, ISBN 978-3-13-241006-0 , p. 12 .