page_title: Superior auricular muscle
hierarchical_section_title: Superior auricular muscle
caption_attribution_description: English: Superior auricular muscle (shown in red).
context_page_description: The superior auricular muscle, the largest of the three auriculares muscles, is also thin and fan-shaped. Its fibers arise from the galea aponeurotica, and converge to be inserted by a thin, flattened tendon into the upper part of the cranial surface of the auricula. This muscle is innervated by the temporal branch of the facial nerve
context_section_description: The superior auricular muscle, the largest of the three auriculares muscles, is also thin and fan-shaped. Its fibers arise from the galea aponeurotica, and converge to be inserted by a thin, flattened tendon into the upper part of the cranial surface of the auricula. This muscle is innervated by the temporal branch of the facial nerve
caption: Face and neck muscles. Superior auricular muscle shown in red.
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