Posterior auricuwar nerve
|Posterior of man|
Pwan of de faciaw and intermediate nerves and deir communication wif oder nerves. (Post. auricuwar br. wabewed at bottom weft.)
The nerves of de scawp, face, and side of neck. (Post. auricuwar visibwe near center, behind ear.)
|Innervates||posterior auricuwar muscwe, occipitawis muscwe (posterior part of occipitofrontawis)|
|Latin||n, uh-hah-hah-hah. auricuwaris posterior|
|Anatomicaw terms of neuroanatomy|
The posterior auricuwar nerve arises from de faciaw nerve cwose to de stywomastoid foramen and runs upward in front of de mastoid process; here it is joined by a fiwament from de auricuwar branch of de vagus and communicates wif de posterior branch of de great auricuwar as weww as wif de wesser occipitaw.
As it ascends between de externaw acoustic meatus and mastoid process it divides into auricuwar and occipitaw branches.
- The auricuwar branch suppwies de auricuwaris posterior and de intrinsic muscwes on de craniaw surface of de auricuwa.
- The occipitaw branch, de warger, passes backward awong de superior nuchaw wine of de occipitaw bone and suppwies de occipitawis.
- wesson4 at The Anatomy Lesson by Weswey Norman (Georgetown University) (parotid3)
- craniawnerves at The Anatomy Lesson by Weswey Norman (Georgetown University) (VII)
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