TY - JOUR AU - Rodríguez Vázquez, José Francisco AU - Verdugo López, Samuel AU - Kim, Ji Hyun AU - Hirano-Kawamoto, Ai AU - Murakami, Gen AU - Yamamoto, Masahito PY - 2025 DO - 10.1016/j.aanat.2025.152389 SN - 0940-9602 UR - https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/120940 T2 - Annals of Anatomy - Anatomischer Anzeiger AB - BackgroundThe vagus nerve auricular branch (Xab) is a well-known sensory nerve and it communicates with the facial and glossopharyngeal nerves. Xab passes through the so-called mastoid canaliculus of the temporal bone (TB) to reach the facial nerve.... LA - eng PB - Elsevier KW - Facial nerve; ; Human fetus; Mastoid canaliculus; Temporal bone; Vagus nerve auricular branch KW - Glossopharyngeal nerve TI - Origin, communication and course of the vagus nerve auricular branch with special references to the mastoid canaliculus for the nerve: A study using human fetus histological sections TY - journal article VL - 259 ER -