Anterior auricular muscle

Anterior auricular muscle
Face and neck muscles. Anterior auricular muscle shown in red.
The muscles of the auricula. Anterior auricular is at right (indicated by the red arrow).
Details
Origin	Temporal fascia
Insertion	Major Helix (ear)
Artery	Posterior auricular artery
Nerve	Temporal branch of facial nerve
Actions	Pulls ear forward
Identifiers
Latin	Musculus auricularis anterior
Dorlands /Elsevier	m_22/12548449
TA	A04.1.03.020
FMA	46856
Anatomical terms of muscle []

The anterior auricular muscle, the smallest of the three auricular muscles, is thin and fan-shaped, and its fibers are pale and indistinct. It arises from the lateral edge of the galea aponeurotica, and its fibers converge to be inserted into a projection on the front of the helix.

Auricula in context.

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)