3.3.2 Scalp Muscles

  • The muscles of the scalp are important for the trichologist to study.
  • Epicranius (occipito-frontalis) muscle is the main scalp muscle:
    • it consists of the: Frontalis, Occipitalis, and Galea aponeurotica (also called the epicranial aponeurosis) which links the frontalis and occipitalis.