galea apo·neu·ro·ti·ca -.ap-ō-n(y)u̇-'rät-ik-ə n the aponeurosis underlying the scalp and linking the frontalis and occipitalis muscles called also epicranial aponeurosis
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[TA] the aponeurotic structure of the scalp, connecting the frontal and occipital bellies of the occipitofrontalis muscle. Called also aponeurosis epicranialis [TA alternative] and epicranial aponeurosis.Medical dictionary. 2011.