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Oblique muscle of auricle

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Dorlands /Elsevier
  
m_22/12549839

FMA
  
48986

TA
  
A15.3.01.044

Oblique muscle of auricle

Nerve
  
Posterior auricular nerve from the facial nerve

Latin
  
Musculus obliquus auriculae

The oblique muscle of auricle (oblique auricular muscle or Tod muscle) is an intrinsic muscle of the outer ear.

The oblique muscle of auricle is placed on the cranial surface of the pinna. It consists of a few fibers extending from the upper and back part of the concha to the convexity immediately above it.

References

Oblique muscle of auricle Wikipedia