Auricular muscles  From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump
to: navigation, search Auricular muscles The muscles of the
pinna Auricular muscles in context with the other facial muscles
Latin Musculi auriculares Gray's p.1035 Origin Galeal
aponeurosis Insertion Front of the helix, cranial surface of the
pinna Artery Posterior auricular artery Nerve Facial nerve
Actions Undeveloped in humans (wiggle ears) Anatomical terms of
muscle  The auricular muscles (or extrinsic muscles) are the
three muscles surrounding the auricula or outer ear:  The
superior muscles is the largest of the three, followed by the
posterior and the anterior.   In some mammals these muscles can
adjust the direction of the pinna. In humans these muscles
possess very little action. The auricularis anterior draws the
auricula forward and upward; the Auricularis superior slightly
raises it; and the Auricularis posterior draws it backward.  See
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