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Auricular Nerve
Abstract
This nerve may be absent, or may join with the main trunk of the facial nerve reaching its destination through the posterior auricular nerve. Communicating branches between the auricular and facial nerves or the auricular nerve that traverses the temporal bone, may be absent.
This nerve may be absent, or may join with the main trunk of the facial nerve reaching its destination through the posterior auricular nerve.
Communicating branches between the auricular and facial nerves or the auricular nerve that traverses the temporal bone, may be absent.

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Riferimenti dell’opera originale
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- Huber, G.C., Ed. (1930) Piersol's Human Anatomy, 9th ed., L.B. Lippincott Co., Philadelphia.
- Schaefer, E.A., Symington, J. and T.H. Bryce., Eds. (1915) Quain's Anatomy, 11th ed. Longmans, Green, and Co., London.
Anatomical classification
- Systems:
- Nervous system
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Adaptation of «Auricular Nerve — Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation: Opus I: Muscular System» by Ronald A. Bergman, Adel K. Afifi, Ryosuke Miyauchi. Source: https://www.anatomyatlases.org/AnatomicVariants/NervousSystem/Text/AuricularNerve.shtml Original work distributed under the CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.it). Adaptation by Redazione AIVA. Changes from the original: Testo originale inglese riprodotto integralmente e riorganizzato nel formato scheda del portale (sintesi, testo, riferimenti), senza modificarne le affermazioni. La traduzione italiana non è ancora stata eseguita, e la pagina lo dichiara. Le figure non sono state copiate: sono collegate alla pagina d’origine. This publication is not approved or endorsed by the authors of the original work.
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