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Epicranial aponeurosis
Epicranial aponeurosis
Pronunciation
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Other Terms:
Galea Aponuerotica, Epicranial aponeurosis, Galea aponeurotica, Epicranius aponeurosis, Aponeurosis epicranialis, Galéa aponévrotique
Galea Aponuerotica, Epicranial aponeurosis, Galea aponeurotica, Epicranius aponeurosis, Aponeurosis epicranialis, Galéa aponévrotique
Description
The epicranial aponeurosis is the broad tendinous sheet that contributes to the scalp over the top of the cranium. This central tendinous region intervenes between the frontalis muscle belly anteriorly, the occipitalis muscle belly posteriorly, and the temporoparietalis muscle laterally and provides a central point of attachment for these muscles.
Latin
Aponeurosis epicranialis
French
Galéa aponévrotique
Structural Label Key
- Auricle or pinna
- Auricularis anterior
- Auricularis superior
- Branchial arch muscles
- Caudal branchial arch muscles
- Depressor anguli oris
- Depressor labii inferioris
- Epicranial aponeurosis
- Epicranius
- Face
- Frontal belly
- Head region
- Human body
- Levator anguli oris
- Levator labii superioris
- Levator labii superioris aleque nasi
- Levator labii superioris aleque nasi
- Medial palpebrale ligament
- Muscles - developmental approach
- Muscles of the head
- Nasalis
- Occipital belly
- Occipitofrontalis
- Orbicularis oculi
- Orbicularis oris
- Platysma
- Procerus
- Risorius
- Second branchial arch muscles
- Sternocleidomastoid
- Temporoparietalis
- Temporoparietalis
- Transversus menti
- Zygomaticus major
- Zygomaticus minor
