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Extrinsic Auricular Muscles
Muscular System

Extrinsic Auricular Muscles

Musculi auriculares externi

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Description

The ear has extrinsic auricular muscles that join the auricle to the skull and scalp. These include the:

- auricularis anterior muscle;

- auricularis superior muscle;

- auricularis posterior muscle.

In humans, these muscles do not produce much movement.

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