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The clinical significance of the communicating branches of the somatic sensory supply of the middle and external ear

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Philip Grey
Philip Grey*
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Department of Otolaryngology, Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge, UK.
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Mr P. Grey, Department of Otolaryngology, West Suffolk Hospital, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk 1P33 20Z. Fax: 01284 701993
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Abstract

The sensory supply of the middle and external ear is complicated by multiple neural communications. The anatomy of these communications and their clinical significance will be described in this paper.

Keywords

Ear, externalEar, middleNerve supply

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Review Article
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The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 109 , Issue 12 , December 1995 , pp. 1141 - 1145
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Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1995

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