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Temporoparietalis (anatomy)

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Temporoparietalis is a scalp muscle that arises on each side from an aponeurosis common to the auricularis muscle. It passes superiorly to insert into the galeal aponeurosis.

Its action is to fix the galeal aponeurosis.

The nerve to temporoparietalis is the temporal branch of the facial nerve.

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