name	posterior_auricular_nerve
namespace	http://cytomer.bioinf.med.uni-goettingen.de#
parent	 cranial_nerve 
ACC []	cy0009389
nameGermanSynonym []	
annotationRemark []	dka
nameMedicineSynonym []	
comment [de]	gemischt motorischer und sensibler Nerv, Ursprung: Nervus facialis; Versorgungsgebiet: hintere Ohrmuskeln, Musculus occipitofrontalis
nameEnglishSynonym []	
organNo []	81862
label [en]	posterior auricular nerve
speciesNo []	86
label [de]	
label [med]	Nervus auricularis posterior
comment [en]	It arises from the facial nerve close to the stylomastoid formane and runs upward in front of the mastoid process, here it is joined by a filament from the auricular branch of the vagus and communicates with the posterior branch of the great auricular as well as with the lesser occipital.
isOriginOf	occipital_branch_of_posterior_auricular_nerve
isPartOf	http://cytomer.bioinf.med.uni-goettingen.de/system#nervous_system
becomes	auricular_branch_of_vagus
hasOriginIn	facial_nerve_VII
innervates	occipitofrontalis_muscle