epicranial aponeurosis

English

Alternative forms

• galea aponeurotica

Noun

epicranial aponeurosis (plural epicranial aponeuroses)

1. (anatomy) The aponeurosis underlying the scalp and linking the frontalis and occipitalis muscles.

References

• “galea aponeurotica”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.