{{Short description|Outer ear muscle}} {{Infobox muscle | Name = Tragicus | Latin = musculus tragicus | Image = Gray906.png | Caption = The muscles of the auricula. (Tragicus visible at bottom right.) | Image2 = | Caption2 = | Origin = Base of the tragus | Insertion = Apex of the tragus | Blood = Auricular branches of posterior auricular and auricular branch of occipital arteries | Nerve = Facial nerve | Action = Increase the opening of the external acoustic meatus | Antagonist = }} The '''tragicus''', also called the '''tragus muscle''' or '''Valsalva muscle''',<ref name="medilexicon">{{Cite web|url=http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=57231|publisher=MediLexicon International Ltd|title=Definition: 'Tragius (muscle)'|accessdate=9 March 2013}}</ref> is an intrinsic muscle of the outer ear.
It is a short, flattened vertical band on the lateral surface of the tragus.<ref name="medilexicon" />
While the muscle modifies the auricular shape only minimally in the majority of individuals, this action could increase the opening of the external acoustic meatus in some.<ref name="AnatomyExpert">{{Cite web|url=http://www.anatomyexpert.com/structure_detail/5983/|publisher=AnatomyExpert|title=Tragicus|accessdate=9 March 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130721143826/http://www.anatomyexpert.com/structure_detail/5983/|archivedate=21 July 2013}}</ref>
==Additional images== {{Gallery |Image:Gray904.png|Anatomy of human ear }}
==See also== * Intrinsic muscles of external ear
==References== {{Gray's}} {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20130721143826/http://www.anatomyexpert.com/structure_detail/5983/ AnatomyExpert.com]
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Category:Ear Category:Muscles of the head and neck
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