Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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lesser occipital nerve

arises from cervical plexus, conveying fibers from the ventral primary rami of the second and third cervical nerves; supplies the skin of the posterior surface of the auricle and the adjacent portion of the scalp posterior to the auricle.

Synonym(s): nervus occipitalis minorTA




 

 

 

 

 

 



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