Auricle | |
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Details | |
Artery | Posterior auricular, anterior auricular |
Nerve | Trigeminal nerve, great auricular nerve, lesser occipital nerve |
Lymph | To pre- and post-auricular nodes, nodes of parotid and cervical chains |
Identifiers | |
Latin | auricula |
MeSH | D054644 |
TA98 | A15.3.01.002 |
TA2 | 104, 6863 |
FMA | 56580 |
Anatomical terminology |
The auricle or auricula is the visible part of the ear that is outside the head. It is also called the pinna (Latin for 'wing' or 'fin', pl.: pinnae), a term that is used more in zoology.