Frontalis muscle
Appearance
Frontalis | |
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Details | |
Origin | galea aponeurosis |
Insertion | Mastoid process |
Artery | ophthalmic artery |
Nerve | facial nerve |
Actions | wrinkles brow |
Identifiers | |
TA98 | A04.1.03.004 |
TA2 | 2056 |
FMA | 46757 |
Anatomical terms of muscle |
The Frontalis is a muscle of the human body.
Some sources switch the origin and insertion.
It is considered by some sources not to be a muscle of its own, but to be a part of the occipitofrontalis muscle.