Auricular branch of posterior auricular artery

The auricular branch of posterior auricular artery is a small artery in the head. It branches off the posterior auricular artery and ascends behind the ear, beneath the posterior auricular muscle, and is distributed to the back of the auricula, upon which it ramifies minutely, some branches curving around the margin of the cartilage, others perforating it, to supply the anterior surface. It anastomoses with the parietal and anterior auricular branches of the superficial temporal artery.

Auricular branch of posterior auricular artery
The arteries of the face and scalp.
Details
Source	Posterior auricular artery
Identifiers
Latin	ramus auricularis arteriae auricularis posterioris
TA98	A12.2.05.042
TA2	4410
FMA	49641
Anatomical terminology [edit on Wikidata]

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 557 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)