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great auricular nerve

^ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0008833


A nerve arising from the second and third cervical nerves from the cervical plexus and innervating the skin over the parotid gland, the skin of part of the ear, the adjacent portion of the scalp, cheek, and angle of the jaw. [ http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/great+auricular+nerve http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_auricular_nerve ]

Synonyms: nervus auricularis magnus

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human_reference_atlas

depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dc/Gray805.png

has related synonym

greater auricular nerve, great auricular

id

UBERON:0008833

prefLabel

Great auricular nerve

present in taxon

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606