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MUSCLE OCCIPITO-FRONTAL [1 record]

Record 1 2024-07-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
  • Muscles and Tendons
Universal entry(ies)
CONT

The occipitofrontalis muscle is composed of two muscular bellies divided by an epicranial aponeurosis. The occipital belly of the occipitofrontalis muscle arises from the supreme nuchal line of the occipital bone and may extend to the mastoid region of the temporal bone ... The frontal belly of the occipitofrontalis muscle arises from the epicranial aponeurosis, near the coronal suture.

OBS

occipitofrontalis muscle; musculus occipitofrontalis: designations found in the Terminologia Anatomica.

Key term(s)
  • occipito-frontalis muscle
  • occipito-frontal muscle

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
  • Muscles et tendons
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
CONT

Le muscle occipito-frontal («musculus occipitofrontalis») prend son origine sur les deux tiers latéraux de la ligne nuchale supérieure. C'est un muscle digastrique dont le tendon intermédiaire forme la galéa aponévrotique [...] Il est élévateur des sourcils.

OBS

muscle occipitofrontal : désignation dérivée de la Terminologia Anatomica.

OBS

musculus occipitofrontalis : désignation tirée de la Terminologia Anatomica.

Spanish

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