Posterior auricular muscle

Posterior auricular muscle
The muscles of the auricula
Auricula in context.
Details
Origin	Mastoid Process
Insertion	Posterior ear
Artery	Posterior auricular artery
Nerve	Posterior auricular nerve of Facial nerve
Actions	Pulls ear backward
Identifiers
Latin	musculus auricularis posterior
Dorlands /Elsevier	m_22/12548458
TA	A04.1.03.022
FMA	46857
Anatomical terms of muscle []

The posterior auricular muscle consists of two or three fleshy fasciculi, which arise from the mastoid portion of the temporal bone by short aponeurotic fibers. They are inserted into the lower part of the cranial surface of the concha.