Occipitalis muscle
Visible at center right
Occipital bone. Outer surface. (Red circle at upper right is for occipitalis.)
Latin	venter occipitalis musculi occipitofrontalis
Gray's	subject #105 379
Origin	superior nuchal line of the occipital bone mastoid part of the temporal
Insertion	galea aponeurosis
Artery	occipital artery
Nerve	posterior auricular nerve (facial nerve)
Actions	wrinkles brow

The Occipitalis, thin and quadrilateral in form, arises by tendinous fibers from the lateral two-thirds of the superior nuchal line of the occipital bone, and from the mastoid part of the temporal. It ends in the galea aponeurotica.

It could be a part of the occipitofrontalis muscle.

[edit] External links

• PTCentral
• occipital+belly+of+occipitofrontalis+muscle at eMedicine Dictionary

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