"perineural spread of head and neck malignancies (e.g. cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma, salivary gland adenoid cystic carcinoma) can occur along the auriculotemporal nerve, with potential to spread to the facial nerve from the mandibular division (V3) of the trigeminal nerve, or vice-versa 4."
"Frey syndrome: commonest post-parotidectomy complication"
"The auriculotemporal nerve arises posteriorly from the posterior division of the mandibular nerve. It arises as two separate roots which encircle the middle meningeal artery as it ascends to enter the foramen spinosum. The two roots then rejoin to pass medial to the neck of the mandible, deep to the sphenomandibular ligament before ascending in between the temporomandibular joint and the external auditory meatus, giving off small articular branches to the temporomandibular joint. At the upper border of the parotid gland it supplies the sheath of the gland and then terminates as two cutaneous branches 1-3:"
"The auriculotemporal nerve arises posteriorly from the posterior division of the mandibular nerve. It arises as two separate roots which encircle the middle meningeal artery as it ascends to enter the foramen spinosum. The two roots then rejoin to pass medial to the neck of the mandible, deep to the sphenomandibular ligament before ascending in between the temporomandibular joint and the external auditory meatus, giving off small articular branches to the temporomandibular joint. At the upper border of the parotid gland it supplies the sheath of the gland and then terminates as two cutaneous branches 1-3:"
"an auricular branch which supplies the:"
"an auricular branch which supplies the:"
"a temporal branch which ascends posterior to the superficial temporal vessels over the root of the zygoma to supply the posterior half of the temple, that is the ‘hairy skin’ of the temple; the anterior half of the temple ("skin of the hairless temple” is supplied by the zygomaticotemporal nerve from the maxillary division of the trigeminal nerve)"
"a temporal branch which ascends posterior to the superficial temporal vessels over the root of the zygoma to supply the posterior half of the temple, that is the ‘hairy skin’ of the temple; the anterior half of the temple ("skin of the hairless temple” is supplied by the zygomaticotemporal nerve from the maxillary division of the trigeminal nerve)"
"The auriculotemporal nerve receives sympathetic fibres from the middle meningeal artery and secretomotor parasympathetic fibres (which derive from the otic ganglion) from the lesser petrosal nerve, both of which supply the parotid gland 1-3."
"The auriculotemporal nerve receives sympathetic fibres from the middle meningeal artery and secretomotor parasympathetic fibres (which derive from the otic ganglion) from the lesser petrosal nerve, both of which supply the parotid gland 1-3."
"an auricular branch which supplies the:"
"a temporal branch which ascends posterior to the superficial temporal vessels over the root of the zygoma to supply the posterior half of the temple, that is the ‘hairy skin’ of the temple; the anterior half of the temple ("skin of the hairless temple” is supplied by the zygomaticotemporal nerve from the maxillary division of the trigeminal nerve)"
"a temporal branch which ascends posterior to the superficial temporal vessels over the root of the zygoma to supply the posterior half of the temple, that is the ‘hairy skin’ of the temple; the anterior half of the temple ("skin of the hairless temple” is supplied by the zygomaticotemporal nerve from the maxillary division of the trigeminal nerve)"
"There are communicating rami between the auriculotemporal nerve and the facial nerve within the parotid gland 4."