Great auricular nerve

Great auricular nerve
The nerves of the scalp, face, and side of neck. (Great auricular visible below ear.)
Plan of the cervical plexus. (Great auricular labeled at top center.)
Details
FromCervical plexus (C2-C3)
InnervatesSensation of inferior part of auricle and parotid region of the face
Identifiers
Latinnervus auricularis magnus
TA98A14.2.02.018
TA26385
FMA6872
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy

The great auricular nerve is a cutaneous (sensory) nerve of the head. It originates from the second and third cervical (spinal) nerves (C2-C3) of the cervical plexus. It provides sensory innervation to the skin over the parotid gland and the mastoid process, parts of the outer ear, and to the parotid gland and its fascia.

Pain resulting from parotitis is caused by an impingement on the great auricular nerve.


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