Auricular branch of vagus nerve

Auricular branch of vagus nerve
Plan of upper portions of glossopharyngeal, vagus, and accessory nerves (auricular labeled at top center)
Details
From	Vagus nerve
Identifiers
Latin	ramus auricularis nervi vagi
TA98	A14.2.01.156
TA2	6335
FMA	6232
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy [edit on Wikidata]

The auricular branch of the vagus nerve is often termed the Alderman's nerve ("a reference to the old Aldermen of the City of London and their practice of using rosewater bowls at ceremonial banquets, where attendees were encouraged to place a napkin moistened with rosewater behind their ears in the belief that this would aid digestion") or Arnold's nerve (an eponym for Friedrich Arnold).^[1][2] The auricular branch of the vagus nerve supplies sensory innervation to the skin of the ear canal, tragus, and auricle.