Muscular system
Epicranial aponeurosis
Galea aponeurotica
- System
- Muscular system
- Regions
- Head
- Side
- Left and right
- Part of
- Epicranius muscle
DescriptionUnreviewed
The epicranial aponeurosis (aponeurosis epicranialis, galea aponeurotica) is an aponeurosis (a tough layer of dense fibrous tissue).
It covers the upper part of the skull in humans and many other animals.
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Names
- Latin
- Galea aponeurotica
- English
- Epicranial aponeurosis
- French
- Aponévrose épicrânienne
- Spanish
- Aponeurosis epicraneal
- Portuguese
- Aponeurose epicraniana