Fig. 791 - Plan of upper portions of glossopharyngeal, vagus, and accessory nerves.
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The Auricular branch of the tenth cranial or vagus nerve is often termed the Alderman's nerve or Arnold's nerve.
The nerve reaches the surface by passing through the tympanomastoid fissure between the mastoid process and the tympanic part of the temporal bone, and divides into two branches: one joins the posterior auricular nerve, the other is distributed to the skin of the back of the auricula and to the posterior part of the external acoustic meatus.
