Muscles / Head & neck
Occipitalis
- Head & neck
- Head & face
- Superficial layer
Also called occipital belly of occipitofrontalis.
Anatomy
- Origin
- Lateral two-thirds of the superior nuchal line of the occipital bone and mastoid part of the temporal bone
- Insertion
- Epicranial aponeurosis
- Nerve
- Facial nerve (CN VII), posterior auricular branch
Actions
- Retracts the scalp
References (4)
- Standring S, ed. Elsevier. Gray's Anatomy: The Anatomical Basis of Clinical Practice. 42nd ed.
- Dalley AF, Agur AMR. Wolters Kluwer. Moore's Clinically Oriented Anatomy. 9th ed.
- Neumann DA. Elsevier. Kinesiology of the Musculoskeletal System: Foundations for Rehabilitation. 3rd ed.
- Betts JG, Young KA, Wise JA, et al. OpenStax (free, openly licensed textbook). Anatomy and Physiology 2e