A muscle that is part of the pinna and is attached to the auricular cartilage. [ http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 ]
Synonyms: muscle of auricle musculi auriculares
Term information
- SCTID:244757006
- Wikipedia:Auricular_muscles
- MA:0001229
- FMA:48966
- EMAPA:35159
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.
auricularis muscles
auriculares
auricularis
auriculares muscles
attolens aurem muscle
temporoparietalis
auriculares anterior
auricularis muscle
attrahens aurem muscle
Term relations
- muscle organ
- attached to some auricular cartilage
- part of some system
- part of some pinna