panniculus carnosus

panniculus carnosus
panniculus car·no·sus -kär-'nō-səs n a thin sheet of striated muscle lying within or just beneath the superficial fascia, serving to produce local movement of the skin, and well developed in many lower mammals but in humans represented primarily by the platysma

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a thin muscular layer within the superficial fascia of animals with a hairy coat; in humans it is represented mainly by the platysma.

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