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ANATOMY FOR NURSES 



[Chap. VII 



Occipito-frontalis. — The chief muscle of the liead is the occi- 

 pito-frontaHs, which may be considered as two muscles united to- 

 gether by a tliiii aponeurosis extending over and covering the whole 



Fig. 67. — Superficial Muscles of Head and Neck. (Gerrish.) 



of the upper part of the cranium. The occipital takes its origin 

 from the occipital bone and is inserted into the aponeurosis. The 

 frontal takes its origin from the tissues in the region of the eye- 

 brows, and is also inserted into the aponeurosis. 



Adioti. — The frontal portion of this muscle is the more po^er- 



