Bassett Collection of Stereoscopic Images of Human Anatomy
Dissection of ear from lateral aspect
Right auricular cartilage, medial surface
Image #59-6
KEYWORDS: Bones cartilage joints, Ear.
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Dissection of ear from lateral aspect
Right auricular cartilage, medial surface
The cartilage has been retracted anterolaterally after removal of its perichondrium.
- Temporal fascia
- Superior auricular muscle
- Lesser occipital nerve
- Tragal plate
- External acoustic meatus
- Occipital branch posterior auricular artery
- Cartilaginous acoustic meatus
- Terminal incisure (pointer on cartilaginous isthmus)
- Posterior auricular nerve
- Parotid gland
- Superficial temporal vein and auriculotemporal nerve
- Eminence of triangular fossa
- Sulcus of upper crus of anthelix
- Transverse sulcus of anthelix
- Conchal eminence
- Scaphoid eminence
- Posterior auricular muscle and posterior auricular ligament (cut off)
- Posterior auricular branch auricular artery
- Fossa of anthelix
- Transverse auricular muscle
- Antitragicohelical fissure
- Tail of helix