Occipitalis muscle 2561968 219657781 2008-06-16T08:03:06Z Thijs!bot 1392310 robot Adding: [[zh:枕肌]] {{Muscle infobox | Name = Occipitalis muscle | Latin = venter occipitalis musculi occipitofrontalis | GraySubject = 105 | GrayPage = 379 | Image = Musculus occipitalis.png | Caption = Visible at center right | Image2 = Gray129.png | Caption2 = [[Occipital bone]]. Outer surface. (Red circle at upper right is for occipitalis.) | Origin = [[superior nuchal line]] of the [[occipital bone]] <BR> [[mastoid]] part of the [[temporal]] | Insertion = [[galea aponeurosis]] | Action = wrinkles [[brow]] | Blood = [[occipital artery]] | Nerve = [[posterior auricular nerve]] ([[facial nerve]]) | DorlandsPre = m_22 | DorlandsSuf = 12549942 | }} The '''Occipitalis''', thin and quadrilateral in form, arises by tendinous fibers from the lateral two-thirds of the [[superior nuchal line]] of the [[occipital bone]], and from the [[mastoid]] part of the [[temporal]]. It ends in the [[galea aponeurotica]]. It is considered by some sources not to be a muscle of its own, but to be a part of the [[occipitofrontalis muscle]]. ==External links== * [http://www.ptcentral.com/muscles/musclehead.html#occipitalis PTCentral] * {{eMedicineDictionary|occipital+belly+of+occipitofrontalis+muscle}} {{Gray's}} {{Muscles of head}} {{muscle-stub}} [[Category:Muscles of the head and neck]] [[de:Musculus occipitalis]] [[it:Muscolo occipitale]] [[hu:Nyakszirti izom]] [[zh:枕肌]]