auricle
Also known as pinna, ear pinna, pinna of ear, ear auricle
outboard part of the ear
Key facts
- 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
- Latin
- auricula
- Mesh
- D054644
- Ta98
- A15.3.01.002
- Ta2
- 104 , 6863
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Research
37,855 papers- Treatment of pseudocyst of auricle.Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology · 2023
- [Auricle primary dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans:a case report].Zhonghua er bi yan hou tou jing wai ke za zhi = Chinese journal of otorhinolaryngology head and neck surgery · 2022
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Article
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.
Structure