auricular (redirected from auricular cartilages)

auricular /au·ric·u·lar/ (aw-rik´u-lar)

1. pertaining to an auricle.

2. pertaining to the ear.

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au·ric·u·lar (ô-rky-lr)

adj.

1. Of or relating to the sense of hearing or the organs of hearing.

2. Perceived by or spoken into the ear, as when testing hearing.

3. Shaped like an ear or an earlobe; having earlike parts or extensions.

4. Of or relating to an auricle of the heart.

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auricular

pertaining to or emanating from the ear.

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auricular cartilages

comprise the auricular, the main funnel-shaped cartilage, the annular, a C-shaped cartilage surrounding the external meatus, and the scutiform cartilage that lies on the surface of the temporal muscle.

auricular hematoma

bleeding of branches of the great auricular artery, usually caused by head shaking or trauma, result in hematoma formation between the skin on the inner side of the ear and auricular cartilage or in a cleavage within the cartilage. Common in dogs with otitis externa and foreign bodies of the ear canal, and in pigs with sarcoptic mange. Surgical drainage and fixation of tissues is the usual treatment.

auricular hillocks

small swellings on the embryonic visceral arches; the beginnings of the external ears.

auricular mange

infestation with ear mites. See otodectic mange.

auricular muscles

see Table 31G.

auricular plaque

hyperkeratotic, depigmented plaques of tissue on the inner aspect of the pinna of a horse's ears. They are verrucae plana or flat warts.

auricular points

in acupuncture, specific points on the ear, said to correspond with different parts of the body. Called also ear points.

auricular veins

see Table 15.