Anatomy
Course
Composed of two different roots of the mandibular nerve, which pass along both sides of the middle meningeal artery. It travels with the superficial temporal artery and vein to the neck of the mandible. It then travels anteriorly to cross the zygomatic process of temporal bone giving off branches along its route.
Supply
Consists of a somatosensory and parasympathetic root. The somatosensory fibres supply the external acoustic meatus, the external surface of the tympanic membrane, the auricle as well as the skin in the surrounding region. The parasympathetic fibres supply the parotid gland.
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