Cauda helicis

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

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This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 1034 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

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