posterior auricular nerve

Preferred Label : posterior auricular nerve;

Uberon definition : A branch of the facial nerve that innervates the posterior auricular and intrinsic muscles of the auricle and, through its occipital branch, innervates the occipital belly of the occipitofrontal muscle.;

Uberon synonym : auricularis posterior branch of facial nerve;

Uberon related term : posterior auricular branch of the facial;

Details

Origin ID

0035647;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Entire posterior auricular nerve (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Posterior auricular nerve [FMA entity]
- Posterior auricular nerve [ICD-11 Extension code]
- Structure of posterior auricular nerve (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- posterior auricular nerve [SNOMED Notion]
- posterior auricular nerve [Radlex concept]
Uberon cross reference
- Entire posterior auricular nerve (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Posterior auricular nerve [FMA entity]
branching part of
- cervical nerve plexus [UBERON concept]
innervates
- occipitofrontalis muscle [UBERON concept]
- posterior auricular muscle [UBERON concept]
part of
- cervical nerve plexus [UBERON concept]

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