Group · Muscular system
Extrinsic auricular muscles
Musculi auriculares externi
- System
- Muscular system
- Part of
- Superficial muscles of head
DescriptionUnreviewed
The auricular muscles (or extrinsic muscles) are the three muscles surrounding the auricula or outer ear:
- anterior auricular muscle
- superior auricular muscle
- posterior auricular muscle
The superior muscle 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.
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Names
- Latin
- Musculi auriculares externi
- English
- Extrinsic auricular muscles
- French
- Muscles auriculaires extrinsèques
- Spanish
- Músculos auriculares extrínsecos
- Portuguese
- Músculos auriculares extrínsecos