A short description of the human muscles : arranged as they appear on dissection : together with their several uses, and the synonyma of the best authors / by John Innes.

  • Innes, John, 1739-1777.
Date:
1818
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Credit: A short description of the human muscles : arranged as they appear on dissection : together with their several uses, and the synonyma of the best authors / by John Innes. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    so to the zygoma, and covers a part of the aponeurosis of the temporal muscle; when it comes as far forwards as near the hair of the front, it becomes fleshy, and descends with straight fibres. Inserted into the orbicularis palpebrarum of each side, and into the skin of the eye-brows, sending down a fleshy slip between them, as far as the compressor naris and levator labii superio- ris alsequenasi. Use. Pulls the skin of the head backwards ; raises the eye-brows upwards; and, at the same time, it draws up and wrinkles the skin of the forehead. Ep'cravius, Albinus. Fronfalls et occipitalis, Winslotr. 2. CORRUCATOR SUPERCILII, Arises fleshy from the internal angular pro- cess of the os frontis, above the joining of the os nasi, and nasal process of the superior maxil- lary bone; from thence it runs outwards, and a little upwards. Inserted into the inner and inferior fleshy part of the occipito-frontalis muscle, where it joins with the orbicularis palpebrarum, and extends outwards as far as the middle of the supercilia- ry ridge. Use. To draw the eye-brow of that side to