Dissection of ear from lateral aspect

Superficial structures of right auricle, posterior view

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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