Auricular branch (in Latin, "ramus auricularis") can refer to any one of several different structures having to do with the ear or hearing:
- Nerves
- The auricular branch of the vagus nerve - "ramus auricularis nervi vagi" (also known as the Alderman's nerve)
- Arteries
- The auricular branch of the occipital artery - "ramus auricularis arteriae occipitalis"
- The auricular branch of the posterior auricular artery - "ramus auricularis arteriae auricularis posterioris"
- The anterior auricular branches of the superficial temporal artery - "rami auriculares anteriores arteriae temporalis superficialis"
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