occipitofrontalis (English, noun)
expansion: occipitofrontalis (plural occipitofrontales)
Senses:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A large flat muscle on each side of the vertex of the skull, consisting of an occipital portion (arising from the occipital and temporal bones) and a frontal portion that are separated by the epicranial aponeurosis, and serving to draw the scalp backwards, raising the eyebrows and wrinkling the forehead.
Forms:
form: occipitofrontales
tags: plural