Auriculotemporal nerve

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Branches of the mandibular nerve

The auriculotemporal nerve ("ear-temporal nerve") is a branch of the mandibular nerve , which is responsible for the sensitive innervation of the auricle , parts of the ear canal and eardrum, as well as the skin of the temples . It also has connecting branches to the facial nerve and the glossopharyngeal nerve .

The auriculotemporal nerve arises with two roots from the mandibular nerve, which encompass the arteria meningea media and then unite to form a nerve trunk that pulls forwards to the side of the maxilla.

Via a connecting branch to the facial nerve , the auriculotemporal nerve supplies the cheek branches ( rami buccales ) of the facial nerve with sensitive fibers for supplying the masseter . In addition, the auriculotemporal nerve is connected to the otic ganglion , where it receives parasympathetic fibers of the glossopharyngeal nerve via the Jacobson anastomosis and leads them to the parotid gland .

literature

  • Franz-Viktor Salomon: nervous system, systema nervosum . In: Franz-Viktor Salomon, Hans Geyer, Uwe Gille (Ed.): Anatomy for veterinary medicine. 2nd, revised and expanded edition. Enke, Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 978-3-8304-1075-1 , pp. 464-577.