Epicranium
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The Epicranium is the medical term for the collection of structures covering the cranium. It consists of the muscles, aponeurosis
, and skin.
Aponeurosis
Aponeuroses are layers of flat broad tendons. They have a shiny, whitish-silvery color, are histologically similar to tendons, and are very sparingly supplied with blood vessels and nerves. When dissected, aponeuroses are papery, and peel off by sections...
, and skin.