galea aponeurotica

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galea apo·neu·ro·ti·ca -ˌap-ō-n(y)u̇-ˈrät-ik-ə

: the aponeurosis underlying the scalp and linking the frontalis and occipitalis muscles

called also epicranial aponeurosis

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Galen's vein

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