Cauda helicis

Cauda helicis

Cranial surface of cartilage of right auricula. (Cauda helicis labeled at bottom right.)
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Anatomical terminology

In the lower part of the helix the cartilage is prolonged downward as a tail-like process, the cauda helicis; this is separated from the antihelix by a fissure, the fissura antitragohelicina.

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)


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