Global Information Lookup Global Information

Auricular branch of vagus nerve information


Auricular branch of vagus nerve
Plan of upper portions of glossopharyngeal, vagus, and accessory nerves (auricular labeled at top center)
Details
FromVagus nerve
Identifiers
Latinramus auricularis nervi vagi
TA98A14.2.01.156
TA26335
FMA6232
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy
[edit on Wikidata]

The auricular branch of the vagus nerve is often termed the Alderman's nerve or Arnold's nerve. The latter name is an eponym for Friedrich Arnold.[1] The auricular branch of the vagus nerve supplies sensory innervation to the skin of the ear canal, tragus, and auricle.

  1. ^ synd/258 at Who Named It?

and 29 Related for: Auricular branch of vagus nerve information

Request time (Page generated in 1.015 seconds.)

Auricular branch of vagus nerve

Last Update:

The auricular branch of the vagus nerve is often termed the Alderman's nerve or Arnold's nerve. The latter name is an eponym for Friedrich Arnold. The...

Word Count : 1148

Vagus nerve

Last Update:

The vagus nerve (/ˈveɪ.ɡəs/), also known as the tenth cranial nerve, cranial nerve X, or simply CN X, is a cranial nerve that carries sensory fibers that...

Word Count : 3051

Inferior ganglion of vagus nerve

Last Update:

bodies of all sensory fibres of the CN X except those of the auricular branch of vagus nerve. The neurons in the inferior ganglion of the vagus nerve are...

Word Count : 366

Posterior auricular nerve

Last Update:

posterior auricular nerve is a nerve of the head. It is a branch of the facial nerve (CN VII). It communicates with branches from the vagus nerve, the great...

Word Count : 445

Superior ganglion of vagus nerve

Last Update:

surface of the external auditory canal and posteroinferior surface of the tympanic membrane all via the auricular branch of the vagus nerve. The superior...

Word Count : 548

Vagus nerve stimulation

Last Update:

Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) is a medical treatment that involves delivering electrical impulses to the vagus nerve. It is used as an add-on treatment...

Word Count : 6012

Auricular

Last Update:

adjective, as in the auricular branch of vagus nerve, used to delineate a relationship to the ear and its structures Auricular branch (disambiguation), various...

Word Count : 128

Great auricular nerve

Last Update:

nerve, the auricular branch of the vagus, and the posterior auricular branch of the facial. The great auricular nerve is distributed to the skin of the...

Word Count : 528

Cough reflex

Last Update:

Stimulation of the auricular branch of the vagus nerve supplying the ear may also elicit a cough. This ear-cough reflex is also known as Arnold's nerve reflex...

Word Count : 787

Glossopharyngeal nerve

Last Update:

the brainstem from the sides of the upper medulla, just anterior (closer to the nose) to the vagus nerve. Being a mixed nerve (sensorimotor), it carries...

Word Count : 2275

Auricular branch

Last Update:

Nerves The auricular branch of the vagus nerve - "ramus auricularis nervi vagi" (also known as the Alderman's nerve) The auricular branch of the posterior...

Word Count : 126

Ear canal

Last Update:

section through left ear; upper half of section. Lateral head anatomy detail. Facial nerve dissection. List of specialized glands within the human integumentary...

Word Count : 535

Nerve plexus

Last Update:

A nerve plexus is a plexus (branching network) of intersecting nerves. A nerve plexus is composed of afferent and efferent fibers that arise from the merging...

Word Count : 1075

Facial nerve

Last Update:

facial nerve gives rise to the posterior auricular branch. It then gives rise to the branch to the posterior belly of the digastric, and then the branch to...

Word Count : 2283

Pharyngeal arch

Last Update:

produced from the nerve of arch 5, and the laryngeal cartilages from arches 4 and 5. The superior laryngeal branch of the vagus nerve arises from arch...

Word Count : 2174

Peripheral nervous system

Last Update:

of the head, the lesser occipital nerve, which provides sensation to the area behind the ears, the greater auricular nerve and the lesser auricular nerve...

Word Count : 1688

Internal carotid artery

Last Update:

muscles, the tip of the styloid process and the stylohyoid ligament, the glossopharyngeal nerve and the pharyngeal branch of the vagus nerve. It is in relation...

Word Count : 2054

Petrous part of the temporal bone

Last Update:

mastoid process is the tympanomastoid fissure, for the exit of the auricular branch of the vagus nerve. The superior angle, the longest, is grooved for the superior...

Word Count : 1813

Cranial nerve examination

Last Update:

quieter in that ear. Vestibular Function The glossopharyngeal nerve (CN IX) and vagus nerve (CN X) are tested for: Gag response Visualizing uvula deviation...

Word Count : 2054

Eardrum

Last Update:

auricular branch of the vagus nerve (cranial nerve X), the facial nerve (cranial nerve VII), and possibly the glossopharyngeal nerve (cranial nerve IX)...

Word Count : 1538

List of nerves of the human body

Last Update:

cutaneous nerve Perineal nerve Petrous ganglion Pharyngeal branch of vagus nerve Pharyngeal branches of glossopharyngeal nerve Pharyngeal nerve Pharyngeal...

Word Count : 845

Pharynx

Last Update:

supply is from both the vagus and glossopharyngeal nerves. The vagus nerve provides an auricular branch also termed "Arnold's nerve" which also supplies...

Word Count : 2064

Jugular foramen

Last Update:

"pars vascularis" compartment contains CN X, CN XI, Arnold's nerve (or the auricular branch of CN X involved in the Arnold's reflex, where external auditory...

Word Count : 443

Outline of human anatomy

Last Update:

alveolar nerve Nerve to mylohyoid Mental nerve Abducent nerve Facial nerve Posterior auricular nerve Intermediate nerve Greater petrosal nerve Chorda tympani...

Word Count : 4589

External carotid artery

Last Update:

glossopharyngeal nerve, the pharyngeal branch of the vagus, and part of the parotid gland. As the artery travels upwards, it gives the following branches: In the...

Word Count : 698

Outline of the human nervous system

Last Update:

alveolar nerve Nerve to mylohyoid Mental nerve Abducent nerve Facial nerve Posterior auricular nerve Intermediate nerve Greater petrosal nerve Chorda tympani...

Word Count : 1333

Submandibular triangle

Last Update:

posterior auricular, superficial temporal, and internal maxillary branches: more deeply are the internal carotid, the internal jugular vein, and the vagus nerve...

Word Count : 444

Jugular fossa

Last Update:

fossa is the mastoid canaliculus for the entrance of the auricular branch of the vagus nerve. Behind the jugular fossa is a quadrilateral area, the jugular...

Word Count : 293

Otoplasty

Last Update:

branches of the greater auricular nerve, and is reinforced by the auricular temporal and lesser occipital nerves. The auricular branch of the vagus nerves...

Word Count : 7683

PDF Search Engine © AllGlobal.net