AURICULAR GROUP. 175 



Belation. — Externally with the skin; internally with the 

 temporalis and attoUens posticus ; posteriorly with the retrahens 

 extemus. 



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

 opening forwards. 



ATTOLLENS ANTICUS. 



(^Zygomatico-auricularts.) 



(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. 



Fig. 72. 



Muscles of tho external ear — posterior view, a. Inferior, and &, 

 superior layer of the scuto-auricularis intemus ; c, Attollens posticus ; 

 d, Retrahens extemus ; e, Eetrahens medius ; /, Eetrahens intemus; 

 g, Mastoido-auricularis. 



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, tbe other to base of the conchal cartilage, 

 blending with the scuto-auricularis extemus and the abducens. 



Relation. — Externally with the skin ; internally with the. 

 temporal muscle ; posteriorly with the parotid gland. 



Action. — It draws the ear forwards. 



