great auricular nerve
A nerve arising from the second and third cervical nerves from the cervical plexus and innervating the skin over the parotid gland, the skin of part of the ear, the adjacent portion of the scalp, cheek, and angle of the jaw. [ http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/great+auricular+nerve http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_auricular_nerve ]
Synonyms: nervus auricularis magnus
Term info
- FMA:6872
- Wikipedia:Great_auricular_nerve
- SCTID:181110003
human_reference_atlas
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dc/Gray805.png
greater auricular nerve, great auricular
uberon
UBERON:0008833
Great auricular nerve
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606
Term relations
- nerve innervating pinna
- branching part of some cervical nerve plexus
- part of some cervical nerve plexus