Quick Facts
Origin: Epicranial aponeurosis.
Insertion: Skin of eyebrows and root of nose.
Action: Raises eyebrows and wrinkles forehead.
Innervation: Posterior auricular nerve and temporal branches of facial nerve (CN VII).
Arterial Supply: Superficial temporal, ophthalmic, posterior auricular, and occipital arteries.
Related parts of the anatomy
Origin
The occipitofrontalis muscle is composed of two muscular bellies divides by an epicranial aponeurosis. The frontal belly of the occipitofrontalis muscle arises from the epicranial aponeurosis, near the coronal suture.
Insertion
The frontal bellies insert into the skin of the eyebrow and root of the nose. Its muscle fibers also blend with the surrounding muscles facial muscles, including procerus, corrugator supercilii, and orbicularis oculi (Standring, 2016).
Actions
The frontal belly raises the eyebrows and wrinkles the skin of the forehead (Standring, 2016).
References
Standring, S. (2016) Gray's Anatomy: The Anatomical Basis of Clinical Practice. Gray's Anatomy Series 41st edn.: Elsevier Limited.
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Frontalis Muscle
A Worthen flap is a rotational flap of the entire forehead elevated below the frontalis muscle.
