Morphological study of the occipital belly of the occipitofrontalis muscle and its innervation

Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy : SRA
Anna JeonSeung Ho Han

Abstract

Occipital belly (OB) of occipitofrontalis muscle (epicranius) is a muscle which covers the occipital part of the skull. The posterior auricular nerve (PAN) is the first extracranial branch of the facial nerve, which supplies the OB. The PAN is one of the structures used to identify the facial nerve during surgeries such as parotidectomy and mastoidectomy. In the present report, we provide detailed anatomical knowledge of the OB and its innervation. Twenty-six hemifaces from 14 Korean cadavers were dissected. The mastoid tip, external occipital protuberance (EOP), a horizontal line that is parallel to the Frankfurt horizontal plane (x-axis), and a vertical line through the EOP (y-axis) were used as reference points and lines. The OB demonstrated a variety of features and was mostly asymmetrical. The muscle bellies were observed to angle toward the temporoparietalis muscle laterally, with the aponeurosis angled at approximately 55°-65°. The mean width and height were 60.9 ± 8.7 and 31.7 ± 7.5 mm, respectively. Muscle bellies were located at a mean distance of 7.1 ± 2.5 mm superior to the x-axis and 29.6 ± 6.4 mm lateral to the y-axis. The mean vertical distance from the origin of the PAN at the anterior border of the mastoid proc...Continue Reading

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