Branches of auriculotemporal nerve to tympanic membrane

Rami nervi auriculotemporalis membranae tympani

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Definition

The branches to the external acoustic meatus (n. meatus auditorii externi), two in number, enter the meatus between its bony and cartilaginous portions and supply the skin lining it; the upper one sends a filament (Branches to tympanic membrane) to the tympanic membrane.

References

This definition incorporates text from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy (20th U.S. edition of Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body, published in 1918 – from http://www.bartleby.com/107/).

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