Auricle (anatomy)
Visible part of the ear that is outside the head / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Auricle" is the former name of the atrium (heart) and is still used to describe this chamber in some other animals
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.
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Auricle | |
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![]() The auricula. Lateral surface. | |
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 |
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