Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to the ear and the temporal region: specifically applied to a branch of the inferior maxillary nerve which supplies the external ear and adjacent regions.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective anatomy Of or relating to a
branch of themandibular nerve that runs with thesuperficial temporal artery andvein and providessensory innervation to various regions on the side of the head.
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Examples
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The first or mandibular portion passes horizontally forward, between the ramus of the mandible and the sphenomandibular ligament, where it lies parallel to and a little below the auriculotemporal nerve; it crosses the inferior alveolar nerve, and runs along the lower border of the Pterygoideus externus.
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As it crosses the zygomatic process, it is covered by the Auricularis anterior muscle, and by a dense fascia; it is crossed by the temporal and zygomatic branches of the facial nerve and one or two veins, and is accompanied by the auriculotemporal nerve, which lies immediately behind it.
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The filaments to the otic ganglion are derived from the roots of the auriculotemporal nerve close to their origin.
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The superficial temporal vessels and the auriculotemporal nerve cross it from below upward.
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Moreover, with an ulcer or cancer of the tongue, often the first pain to be experienced is one which radiates to the ear and temporal fossa, over the distribution of the auriculotemporal nerve.
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Fibers (postganglionic) from the otic ganglion with which these form synapses are supposed to pass with the auriculotemporal nerve to the parotid gland.
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The membrane receives its chief nerve supply from the auriculotemporal branch of the mandibular; the auricular branch of the vagus, and the tympanic branch of the glossopharyngeal also supply it.
X. The Organs of the Senses and the Common Integument. 1d. 2. The Middle Ear or Tympanic Cavity 1918
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The common stem of the infraorbital and mandibular branches passes between the two roots of the auriculotemporal nerve and becomes the middle meningeal artery; the original supraorbital branch of the stapedial is represented by the orbital twigs of the middle meningeal.
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The branches of communication of the auriculotemporal nerve are with the facial nerve and with the otic ganglion.
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It divides into auriculotemporal, lingual, and inferior alveolar nerves.
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