Spina helicis

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Spina helicis
= Cranial surface of cartilage of right auricula. (Spina helicis labeled at center right.)
Gray's	subject #229 1034
Dorlands/Elsevier	s_18/12749287

At the front part of the auricula, where the helix bends upward, is a small projection of cartilage, called the spina helicis.

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