title: The clinical significance of the communicating branches of the somatic sensory supply of the middle and external ear.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge, UK.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Grey
mesh_terms: D004431:Ear, External / Q000294:innervation*; D004432:Ear, Middle / Q000294:innervation*; D006801:Humans; D009437:Neuralgia / Q000175:diagnosis; D010523:Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*