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  2. Posterior auricular nerve - Wikipedia

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    The posterior auricular nerve is a nerve of the head. It is a branch of the facial nerve (CN VII). It communicates with branches from the vagus nerve, the great auricular nerve, and the lesser occipital nerve. Its auricular branch supplies the posterior auricular muscle, the intrinsic muscles of the auricle, and gives

  3. Auriculotemporal nerve - Wikipedia

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    The auriculotemporal nerve arises from the posterior division of [2]: 497 the mandibular nerve (CN V 3) (which is itself a branch of the trigeminal nerve (CN V)). [3] It arises by two roots [2]: 497 that circle around either side of the middle meningeal artery [1] [2]: 363 before uniting to form a single nerve. [1]

  4. Auricular branch of vagus nerve - Wikipedia

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    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).

  5. Great auricular nerve - Wikipedia

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    The great auricular nerve is a large trunk that ascends almost vertically over the sternocleidomastoid. [2] It winds around the posterior border of the sternocleidomastoid muscle, then perforates the deep fascia before ascending alongside the external jugular vein upon that sternocleidomastoid muscle beneath the platysma muscle to the parotid gland. [1]

  6. List of neurological conditions and disorders - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of major and frequently observed neurological disorders (e.g., Alzheimer's disease), symptoms (e.g., back pain), signs (e.g., aphasia) and syndromes (e.g., Aicardi syndrome). There is disagreement over the definitions and criteria used to delineate various disorders and whether some of these conditions should be classified as ...

  7. Neurological disorder - Wikipedia

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    For example, cerebrovascular disease involves brain injury due to problems with the blood vessels (cardiovascular system) supplying the brain; autoimmune disorders involve damage caused by the body's own immune system; lysosomal storage diseases such as Niemann–Pick disease can lead to neurological deterioration

  8. Naegleria fowleri - Wikipedia

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    Naegleria fowleri, also known as the brain-eating amoeba, is a species of the genus Naegleria. It belongs to the phylum Percolozoa and is classified as an amoeboflagellate excavate , [ 1 ] an organism capable of behaving as both an amoeba and a flagellate .

  9. Friedreich's ataxia - Wikipedia

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    The disease primarily affects the spinal cord and peripheral nerves. [medical citation needed] The spinal cord becomes thinner and nerve cells lose some myelin sheath. [15] The diameter of the spinal cord is smaller than that of unaffected individuals mainly due to smaller dorsal root ganglia. [16]

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