Occipitalis muscle
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{{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}}
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[[Category:Muscles of the head and neck]]
[[de:Musculus occipitalis]]
[[it:Muscolo occipitale]]
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[[zh:枕肌]]