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Branches of auriculotemporal nerve to tympanic membrane
Rami nervi auriculotemporalis membranae tympani
- Related terms: Branches to tympanic membrane
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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