occipitofrontalis muscle
The occipitofrontalis or epicranius is a muscle which covers parts of the skull. It consists of two parts or bellies: The occipital belly, near the occipital bone, and the frontal belly, near the frontal bone. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occipitofrontalis_muscle ]
Term info
- NCIT:C33198
- SCTID:361811007
- Wikipedia:Occipitofrontalis_muscle
- FMA:9624
- UMLS:C1518531 (ncithesaurus:Occipito-frontalis_Muscle)
A zone of muscle in FMA
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fa/Gray378.png
musculus occipitofrontalis, occipito-frontalis, epicranius, occipitofrontalis
uberon
UBERON:0010946
Occipitofrontalis
Term relations
- muscle organ
- part of some head
- has muscle insertion some epicranial aponeurosis
- innervated_by some facial nerve