=M. corrugator supercilii medialis= (_b_).--This consists of a thin
sheet of scattered fibres lying craniad of the last and intermingling
with it. The fibres take origin near the middle line, pass laterad, then
curve craniad, converging, to be inserted into the whole extent of the
upper eyelid, especially near the caudal angle. Here the fibres unite
with those of the orbicularis oculi (_c_).
This muscle is continuous caudad with the intermedius scutulorum (_a_),
craniad with the orbicularis oculi (_c_); laterad with the corrugator
supercilii lateralis (_d_). Toward the medial side the fibres lose
themselves in a tendinous sheet that joins the galea aponeurotica.
_Relations._--Outer surface with the integument. Inner surface with the
frontoscutularis and the skull.
_Action._--Raises the upper eyelid.
=M. orbicularis oculi= (Fig. 63, _c_; Fig. 64, _s_).--This consists of
two thin bands of muscle-fibres which lie one in either eyelid parallel
to its border and unite at the angle of the eye.
_Origin_ by short tendon-fibres from a tubercle on the surface of the
frontal process of the maxillary bone just dorsad of the orbital end of
the lachrymal canal and between the two parts of the quadratus labii
superioris (Fig. 63, _p_ and _q_).
The muscle splits into two parts which pass into the two eyelids. At the
outer angle of the eye the two bands unite by the intervention of
tendon-fibres between the muscle-fibre bundles of the two.
_Relations._--Outer surface with the integument. Inner surface with the
inner membrane of the eyelid.
_Action._--Closes the eye.
=M. corrugator supercilii lateralis= (Fig. 63, _d_; Fig. 64, _k_).--This
consists of a number of scattered fibres which arise from among the
fibres of the frontoscutularis, and from the tendon lying just craniad
of the external opening of the ear, to which are united also parts of
the zygomaticus (Fig. 64, _d_) and submentalis (Fig. 64, _c_). The
fibres pass craniad, converging so as to form a narrow band which is
inserted at the caudolateral angle of the eye, where it unites with the
orbicularis oculi (Fig. 64, _s_). This muscle is continuous on the
medial side with the corrugator supercilii medialis (Fig. 64, _j_) and
the frontoauricularis, on the lateral side with the platysma.
_Relations._--Outer surface with the integument. Inner surface with the
frontal bone and the frontoscutularis.
_Action._--Pulls the angle of the eye caudad; at the same time pulls the
external ear craniad.
=M. frontoauricularis.=--A few of the fibres which are attached along
the upper eyelid sometimes pass dorsocaudad, mingled with fibres of the
corrugatores supercilii medialis and lateralis and the frontoscutularis,
to the craniomedial angle of the auricular cartilage, where they unite
with the fibres of the adductor auris superior. These fibres are
sometimes distinguished as the =frontoauricularis= muscle.
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