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Bassett Collection of Stereoscopic Images of Human Anatomy

Dissection of ear from lateral aspect

Superficial structures of right auricle, posterior view

Image #59-4

KEYWORDS: Ear, Peripheral nervous system, Vasculature.

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Dissection of ear from lateral aspect
Superficial structures of right auricle, posterior view
  1. Occipitalis muscle
  2. Subcutaneous tissue of scalp
  3. Posterior auricular muscle
  4. Aberrant slip of posterior auricular muscle
  5. Posterior auricular nerve (note branch to muscle (4))
  6. Superficial fascia
  7. Posterior auricular lymph nodes
  8. Superior auricular muscle
  9. Helix
  10. Branch of lesser occipital nerve
  11. Cornchal eminence
  12. Sulcus of crura of helix
  13. Auricular branch of posterior auricular artery
  14. Auricular branch vagus nerve
  15. Lobule