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The vascular supply to the outer ear is provided by the '''great auricular arteries''' (ex internal carotid artery). Venous drainage is via satellite veins to the '''internal maxillary veins'''.
The vascular supply to the outer ear is provided by the '''great auricular arteries''' (ex internal carotid artery). Venous drainage is via satellite veins to the '''internal maxillary veins'''.
==Innervation==
==Innervation==
*The stapedius muscle is innervated by the facial nerve ([[Cranial Nerves - Anatomy & Physiology|CN VII]]).
*The stapedius muscle is innervated by the facial nerve ([[Cranial Nerves - Anatomy & Physiology|CN VII]]).
Innervation is provided by the '''auriculopalpebral branches of cranial nerve VII''' to the auricular muscles and sensory supply by cervical nerve II and cranial nerve V.
==Histology==
==Histology==