Galea aponeurotica
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The galea aponeurotica (also called the Galealgaleal or epicranial aponeurosis or the aponeurosis epicranialis) is a tough fibrous sheet of connective tissue that extends over the cranium, forming the middle (third) layer of the scalp.
Gross anatomy
Attachments
- anteriorly: frontalis
- posteriorly
- laterally:
theauricular muscles
Related pathology
-<p>The <strong>galea aponeurotica</strong> (also called the <strong>Galeal</strong> or <strong>epicranial aponeurosis </strong>or the <strong>aponeurosis epicranialis</strong>) is a tough fibrous sheet of connective tissue that extends over the <a href="/articles/cranium">cranium</a>, forming the middle (third) layer of the <a href="/articles/scalp-1">scalp</a>.</p><h4>Gross anatomy</h4><h5>Attachments</h5><ul>- +<p>The <strong>galea aponeurotica</strong> (also called the <strong>galeal</strong> or <strong>epicranial aponeurosis </strong>or the <strong>aponeurosis epicranialis</strong>) is a tough fibrous sheet of connective tissue that extends over the <a href="/articles/cranium">cranium</a>, forming the middle (third) layer of the <a href="/articles/scalp-1">scalp</a>.</p><h4>Gross anatomy</h4><h5>Attachments</h5><ul>
-<li><a href="/articles/occipitalis">occipitalis</a></li>- +<li><a href="/articles/occipitalis-muscle">occipitalis</a></li>
-<a href="/articles/inion">external occipital protruberance</a> and the</li>- +<a href="/articles/inion">external occipital protuberance</a> and the</li>
-<li>laterally: the <a href="/articles/auricular-muscles">auricular muscles</a>- +<li>laterally: <a href="/articles/auricular-muscles">auricular muscles</a>
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