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Occipitalis muscle

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The Occipitalis, thin and quadrilateral in form, arises by tendinous fibers from the lateral two-thirds of the superior nuchal line of the occipital bone, and from the mastoid part of the temporal. It ends in the galea aponeurotica.

It is considered by some sources not to be a muscle of its own, but to be a part of the occipitofrontalis muscle.

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Muscles of the [[Template:Muscles of head|Head]] — [[Template:Muscles of neck|Neck]] — [[Template:Muscles of trunk|Trunk]] — [[Template:Muscles of upper limb|Upper limb]] — [[Template:Muscles of lower limb|Lower limb]]— LIST OF ALL MUSCLES

scalp: occipitofrontalis (occipitalis, frontalis) | (Gray's [s105])
eyelid: orbicularis oculi - corrugator supercilii - depressor supercilii | (Gray's [s106])
nose: procerus - nasalis - depressor septi nasi - dilatator naris posterior - dilatator naris anterior - levator labii superioris alaeque nasi | (Gray's [s107])
mouth: levator labii superioris - levator anguli oris - zygomaticus (major, minor) - mentalis - depressor labii inferioris - depressor anguli oris - buccinator - orbicularis oris - risorius | (Gray's [s108])
mastication: masseter - temporalis - pterygoid (lateral, medial) | (Gray's [s109])
extraocular: levator palpebrae superioris - rectus (superior, inferior, medial, lateral) - oblique (superior, inferior) | intraocular: ciliary - iris dilator - iris sphincter | (Gray's [s227])
hearing: auricularis anterior - stapedius - tensor tympani | (Gray's [s228]-Gray's [s232])
larynx: cricothyroid - posterior cricoarytenoid - lateral cricoarytenoid - arytenoid - thyroarytenoid | (Gray's [s236])
tongue: extrinsic (genioglossus - hyoglossus - chondroglossus - styloglossus) intrinsic (superior longitudinal - inferior longitudinal - transversus - verticalis) | (Gray's [s242])
palate: levator veli palatini - tensor veli palatini - musculus uvulae - palatoglossus - palatopharyngeus | (Gray's [s243])
pharynx: pharyngeal constrictor (inferior, middle, superior) - stylopharyngeus - salpingopharyngeus | (Gray's [s244])

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