Auricular may refer to:
Medicine and anatomy
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Auricular muscles
The outer ear, external ear, or auris externa is the external part of the ear, which consists of the auricle (also pinna) and the ear canal. It gathers sound energy and focuses it on the eardrum (tympanic membrane).
Structure
Auricle
The ...
, surrounding the ear
* A relational adjective, as in the
auricular branch of vagus nerve
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 auricular branch of the vagus nerve supplies sensory innervation to the skin of the ear canal, t ...
, used to delineate a relationship to the ear and its structures
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Auricular branch (disambiguation) Auricular branch (in Latin, "ramus auricularis") can refer to any one of several different structures having to do with the ear or hearing:
*Nerves
**The auricular branch of the vagus nerve - "ramus auricularis nervi vagi" (also known as the Ald ...
, various nerves and veins
* A synonym for ''atrial'', of or pertaining to the
atrium (heart)
The atrium ( la, Ätrium, , entry hall) is one of two upper chambers in the heart that receives blood from the circulatory system. The blood in the atria is pumped into the heart ventricles through the atrioventricular valves.
There are two atr ...
Arts
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Auricular style, a 17th-century style in decorative art, especially Dutch metalwork
See also
* Auricula (plural auriculae),
auricle, or pinna, the visible part of the outer ear
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Auricle (disambiguation)
Auricle is an Anglicization of Latin , from ''auris'' 'ear' and ''-cula'', a diminutive suffix.
Auricle and auricula may refer to:
* Auricle Ensemble, chamber ensemble
* Auricular style, ornamental style based on parts of the human anatomy
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