Temples and parietal muscles

Synonyms

Latin: Temporoparietalis muscle
English: temporoparietal muscle

definition

The temple-vertex muscle belongs to the mimic muscles and here tensions the tendon plate, which is used to insert several muscles. In doing so, he moves the scalp backwards.

course

Approach: Tendon plate of the skull (Galea aponeurotica)

Origin: above the ear on the tendon of the Temporal muscle

Innervation: Facial nerve

function

The temporal and parietal muscle runs on both sides of the skull and tightens the scalp because it forms the so-called tendon plate (Galea aponeurotica) pulls backwards.