Posterior auricular nerve
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{{Infobox Nerve |
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Latin = n. auricularis posterior |
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Caption = Plan of the facial and intermediate nerves and their communication with other nerves. (Post. auricular br. labeled at bottom left.) |
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Caption2 = The nerves of the scalp, face, and side of neck. (Post. auricular visible near center, behind ear.) |
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The '''posterior auricular nerve''' arises close to the [[stylomastoid foramen]] and runs upward in front of the [[mastoid process]]; here it is joined by a filament from the [[auricular branch]] of the [[vagus]] and communicates with the posterior branch of the [[great auricular]] as well as with the [[lesser occipital]].
As it ascends between the [[external acoustic meatus]] and mastoid process it divides into auricular and occipital branches.
* The ''auricular branch'' supplies the [[auricularis posterior]] and the intrinsic muscles on the cranial surface of the [[auricula]].
* The ''occipital branch'', the larger, passes backward along the [[superior nuchal line]] of the [[occipital bone]] and supplies the [[occipitalis]].
==See also==
* [[posterior auricular artery]]
==External links==
* {{eMedicineDictionary|Posterior+auricular+nerve}}
* {{NormanAnatomy|lesson4}} ({{NormanAnatomyFig|parotid3}})
* {{NormanAnatomy|cranialnerves}} ({{NormanAnatomyFig|VII}})
* http://www.dartmouth.edu/~humananatomy/figures/chapter_47/47-5.HTM
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[[Category:Nervous system]]
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