Auriculares muscles

Auriculares muscles

The muscles of the auricula

Auricula in context.
Gray's	subject #229 1035
Origin	galeal aponeurosis
Insertion	front of the helix, cranial surface of the pinna
Artery
Nerve	facial nerve
Actions	Undeveloped in humans, (wiggle ears)

The Auriculares muscles are the three muscles surrounding the auricula or outer ear:

Action

In other animals these muscles serve to swivel the auricula to point in the direction of interesting sounds; in humans all they can manage is a feeble wiggle.

External links

LUC aur
-892338099 at GPnotebook

This article was originally based on an entry from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy. As such, some of the information contained herein may be outdated.

List of muscles of head and neck: the head

Extraocular (CN III, IV, VI)

oblique (inferior, superior) · rectus (superior, inferior, medial, lateral) · levator palpebrae superioris (superior tarsal)

Mastication (CN V3)

masseter · temporalis · pterygoid (lateral, medial)

Facial (CN VII)

Ear	auriculares (anterior, superior, posterior) · temporoparietalis

Scalp/eyelid	occipitofrontalis (occipitalis, frontalis) · orbicularis oculi (depressor supercilii) · corrugator supercilii

Nose	procerus · nasalis (dilatator naris) · depressor septi nasi · levator labii superioris alaeque nasi

Mouth	levator anguli oris · levator labii superioris · zygomaticus (major, minor) orbicularis oris · risorius · buccinator depressor anguli oris · depressor labii inferioris · mentalis

Mouth/throat (CN IX, X, XI)
(except TVP=V3)

Soft palate	veli palatini (tensor, levator) · musculus uvulae · palatopharyngeus (to pharnyx) · palatoglossus (to tongue)

Pharynx	pharyngeal constrictor (superior, middle, inferior) · longitudinal (stylopharyngeus, salpingopharyngeus)

Larynx	cricothyroid · cricoarytenoid (posterior, lateral) · arytenoid (oblique arytenoid/aryepiglottic, transverse arytenoid) · thyroarytenoid (vocal, thyroepiglottic)

Tongue (CN XII)

extrinsic (genioglossus, hyoglossus/chondroglossus, styloglossus, and palatoglossus) · intrinsic (superior longitudinal, inferior longitudinal, transverse, vertical)

Categories: Muscles of the head and neck

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