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oblique auricular muscle
(Science: anatomy) A thin band of oblique muscular fibres extending from the upper part of the eminence of the concha to the convexity of the helix, running across the groove corresponding to the inferior crus of the anthelix.
Synonym: musculus obliquus auriculae, oblique muscle of auricle, tod’s muscle.
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