Dissection of ear from lateral aspect

Right auricular cartilage, lateral surface

Stanford holds the copyright to the David L. Bassett anatomical images and has assigned Creative Commons license Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International to all of the images.
For additional information regarding use and permissions, please contact Dr. Drew Bourn at dbourn@stanford.edu.

Image #59-7

Dissection of ear from lateral aspect

Right auricular cartilage, lateral surface

The perichondrium has been removed.

1. Helix
2. Triangular fossa
3. Scapha
4. Cymba conchae
5. Anthelix
6. Cavum conchae
7. Antitragicus muscle
8. Upper pointer: Antitragicohelical fissure Lower pointer: Tail of helix
9. Crura anthelicis
10. Superficial temporal vein
11. Superficial temporal artery
12. Helical spine
13. Helicis minor muscle
14. Tragicus muscle
15. Crus helicis
16. Tragus
17. Skin of external acoustic meatus
18. Upper pointer: Cartilaginous acoustic meatus Lower pointer: Cartilaginous isthmus
19. Antitragus
20. Parotid gland
21. Greater auricular nerve