See Also: oblique auricular muscle(medicine)
transverse auricular muscle(medicine)
oblique muscle of auricle(medicine)
posterior auricular muscle(medicine)
pyramidal auricular muscle(medicine)
abdominal internal oblique muscle(medicine)
oblique part of cricothyroid muscle(medicine)
superior oblique muscle of head(medicine)
abdominal external oblique muscle(medicine)
inferior oblique muscle of head(medicine)

sparge(2) (iou) and oblique auricular muscle (medicine)


sparge(2) (iou)



sparge verb trans. Also (earlier) sparget. LME.
[In sense 1 from PARGET, prob. infl. by Old French espargier sprinkle; in senses 2, 3 prob. from Latin spargere sprinkle.]
Plaster; roughcast. LME.
Splash or sprinkle (water etc.) about. L16.
Bespatter, besprinkle. L18.
Brewing. Sprinkle (malt) with hot water. E19.
b. Aerate (a liquid) with air. L20.
sparger noun an appliance for sprinkling water etc. (esp. in brewing) or for aerating a liquid with air M19.

oblique auricular muscle (medicine)


oblique auricular muscle
<anatomy> A thin band of oblique muscular fibres extending from the upper part of the eminence of the concha to the convexity of the helix, running across the groove corresponding to the inferior crus of the anthelix.

Synonym: musculus obliquus auriculae, oblique muscle of auricle, Tod's muscle.