9.1.3 Aponeurosis
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- name: epicranial aponeurosis, galea aponeurotica
- thin, tendinous sheet
- unites the occipital and frontal bellies of the occipito-frontalis muscle (see diagram)
- it's lateral margins are attached to the temporal fascia
- the skin, the subcutaneous connective tissue and the epicranial aponeurosis are attached to each other and move as a unit.