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Occipitofrontalis & epicranial aponeurosis: magnified reference view with a numbered learning marker. The complete original plate is available in the next view.
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Occipitofrontalis & epicranial aponeurosis

Frontal and occipital bellies are joined by an aponeurosis. Located in the superficial scalp. Frontal belly raises the eyebrows.

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Occipitofrontalis & epicranial aponeurosis: magnified reference view with a numbered learning marker. The complete original plate is available in the next view.

Image: OpenStax College · Source / original · CC BY 4.0

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Occipitofrontalis & epicranial aponeurosis

Face & scalp muscles

Occipitofrontalis & epicranial aponeurosis

STRUCTURE & FUNCTION

Understand what you see.

Frontal and occipital bellies are joined by an aponeurosis.

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01 / IDENTIFICATION

How to recognise it.

  1. Frontal and occipital bellies are joined by an aponeurosis
  2. Located in the superficial scalp
  3. Frontal belly raises the eyebrows
02 / KEY STRUCTURES

Point them out.

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Related features & study points (3)

Additional relations, attachments or microscopic details to revise alongside this plate. These are separate from its numbered image landmarks.

  • Frontal belly
  • Occipital belly
  • Epicranial aponeurosis
03 / VIVA PRACTICE

Think first. Then reveal.

Say your answer aloud before opening the suggested response.

Examiner-style prompts: identify the structure, explain its relations, then answer the applied follow-up. These are revision questions, not authenticated past papers.

01Identify occipitofrontalis & epicranial aponeurosis and justify your identification.
SUGGESTED ANSWER

Frontal and occipital bellies are joined by an aponeurosis. Located in the superficial scalp. Frontal belly raises the eyebrows.

02What connects the two bellies?
SUGGESTED ANSWER

Epicranial aponeurosis, also called galea aponeurotica.

03Name the five scalp layers.
SUGGESTED ANSWER

Skin, dense connective tissue, aponeurosis, loose areolar tissue and pericranium.

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