Auriculotemporal nerve - Auriculotemporalis: Ear-temporal nerve
The auriculotemporal nerve is a branch of the mandibular nerve (V3), launched from the superficial temporal artery and veins, and also provides sensory innervation to various regions on the side of the head. Ear-temporal nerve , n. auriculotemporalis departs from the mandibular nerve near the foramen ovale in two bundles that cover a. meningea media. Further, the nerve goes along the medial surface of the articular process of the lower jaw and penetrates into the bed of the parotid gland, through which it passes upward into the temporal region. The posterior and larger division of the mandibular nerve is for the most part sensory but receives a few filaments from the motor root. It divides into auriculotemporal, lingual, and inferior alveolar nerves. The Auriculotemporal Nerve ( n. Auriculotemporalis ) generally arises by two roots, between which the middle meningeal artery ascends. It runs backward bene...