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Term:
Parent Terms Term With Siblings Child Terms
anterior auricular muscle 
parotidoauricular muscle 
posterior auricular muscle 
superior auricular muscle 
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.

Synonyms
Exact Synonyms: auricularis superior
Xrefs: FMA:46855;  SCTID:244759009;  Wikipedia:Superior_auricular_muscle
Definition Sources: Wikipedia:Superior_auricular_muscle

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