AURICULAR GROUP. 



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Relation. — Externally with the skin; internally with the 

 temporalis and attoUens posticus ; posteriorly with the retrahens 

 externus. 



Action. — It adducts and elevates the ear, and also turns its 

 opening forwards. 



ATTOLLENS ANTICUS. 



{^Zygomatico-auricularis. ) 



(PL. II. 2".) 



Subcutaneous, and in front of the ear, this muscle is small 

 and thin, consisting generally of two fleshy bundles, joined by 

 condensed cellular tissue. 



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Fig. 72. 



Muscles of the external ear — posterior view, a. Inferior, and 6, 

 superior layer of the scuto-auricularis internus ; c, AttoUens posticus ; 

 d, Retrahens externus; e, Ketrahens medius ; /, Retrahens internus; 

 g, Mastoido-aiiricularis. 



Origin. — From the superior part of the temporal zygomatic 

 process by a flat tendon, which blends in front with the orbicu- 

 laris palpebrarum. 



Insertion. — By two sets of fibres — one to the anterior part 

 of the scutiform, the other to base of the conchal cartilage, 

 blending with the scuto-auricularis externus and the abducens. 



Relation. — Externally with the skin ; internally with the 

 temporal muscle ; posteriorly with the parotid gland. 



Action. — It draws the ear forwards. 



