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occipitofrontalis muscle
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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
Label
occipitofrontalis muscle
depicted by
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fa/Gray378.png
external ontology notes
A zone of muscle in FMA
has obo namespace
uberon
has related synonym
musculus occipitofrontalis, occipito-frontalis, epicranius, occipitofrontalis
id
UBERON:0010946
Term relations
Subclass of:
- muscle organ
- part of some head
- has_muscle_insertion some epicranial aponeurosis
- innervated_by some facial nerve