Origin Temporal fascia Actions Pulls ear upward | Insertion Above the ear | |
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Artery Posterior auricular artery Nerve branches to auricular muscle from posterior auricular nerve of facial nerve (cranial nerve VII) Latin musculus auricularis superior | ||
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.
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