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| | Dorlands Medical Dictionary |
 | | auriculotempora´lis [TA] auriculotemporal nerve: origin, by two roots from the mandibular nerve; branches, anterior auricular nerve, nerve of external acoustic meatus, parotid branches, branch to tympanic membrane, and branches communicating with facial nerve; its terminal branches are superficial temporal to the scalp; distribution—see individual branches, in this table and under ramus; modality, general sensory. |
 | | Origin, trigeminal ganglion; branches, meningeal ramus, zygomatic nerve, posterior superior alveolar rami, infraorbital nerve, pterygopalatine nerves, and, indirectly, the branches of the pterygopalatine ganglion; distribution, extensive distribution to skin of face and scalp, mucous membrane of maxillary sinus and nasal cavity, and teeth—see individual branches, in this table and under ramus; modality, general sensory. |
 | | hypoglos´sus [TA] hypoglossal nerve: twelfth cranial nerve; origin, several rootlets in the anterolateral sulcus between the olive and the pyramid of the medulla oblongata; it passes through the hypoglossal canal to the tongue; branches, lingual rami; distribution, styloglossus, hyoglossus, and genioglossus muscles and intrinsic muscles of the tongue; modality, motor. |
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