Auriculares muscles

Auriculares muscles

Infobox Muscle
Name = PAGENAME
Latin =
GraySubject = 229
GrayPage = 1035


Caption = The muscles of the auricula



Caption2 = Auricula in context.
Origin = galeal aponeurosis
Insertion = front of the helix, cranial surface of the pinna
Blood =
Nerve = facial nerve
Action = Undeveloped in humans, (wiggle ears)
The "Auriculares" muscles are the three muscles surrounding the "auricula" or outer ear:

* anterior auricular muscle
* superior auricular muscle
* posterior auricular muscle

Action

In other animals these muscles serve to swivel the auricula to point in the direction of interesting sounds; in humans all they can manage is a feeble wiggle.

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