Anatomy
Course
A branch of the external carotid artery. It branches from the external carotid just above the posterior belly of the digastric muscle. It then ascends posteriorly behind the parotid gland, near the cartilage of the ear.
Supply
Supplies the auricle of the ear, as well as some of the scalp behind it.
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