Auricular branch of vagus nerve | |
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Details | |
From | Vagus nerve |
Identifiers | |
Latin | ramus auricularis nervi vagi |
TA98 | A14.2.01.156 |
TA2 | 6335 |
FMA | 6232 |
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy |
The auricular branch of the vagus nerve is often termed the Alderman's nerve ("a reference to the old Aldermen of the City of London and their practice of using rosewater bowls at ceremonial banquets, where attendees were encouraged to place a napkin moistened with rosewater behind their ears in the belief that this would aid digestion") or Arnold's nerve (an eponym for Friedrich Arnold).[1][2] The auricular branch of the vagus nerve supplies sensory innervation to the skin of the ear canal, tragus, and auricle.