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MUSCLES AND FASCIJ3. 



The superficial fascia in the epicranial region is a firm, dense layer, intimately 

 adherent to the integument, and to the Occipito-frontalis and its tendinous aponeu- 

 rosis ; it is continuous, behind, with the superficial fascia at the back part of the 

 neck; and, laterally, is continued over the temporal aponeurosis: it contains 



Fig. 148. Muscles of the Head. Face, and Neck. 





between its layers the small muscles of the auricle, and the superficial temporal 

 vessels and nerves. 



The Occipito-frontalis (fig. 148) is a broad musculo-fibrous layer, which covers 

 the whole of one side of the vertex of the skull, from the occiput to the eyebrow. 

 Tt consists of two muscular slips, separated by an intervening tendinous aponeu- 

 rosis. The occipital portion, thin, quadrilateral in form, and about an inch and a 



