Auricle

Auricle is an Anglicization of Latin auricula, from auris "ear" and -cula, a diminutive suffix.

Auricle and auricula may refer to:

Medicine

• Ear
  • Pinna, the external portion of the ear
  • Auriculectomy, surgical removal of the ear
  • Auricular branch (disambiguation), one of various nerves having to do with the ear or hearing
  • Auricular muscles, muscles surrounding the ear
• A small conical pouch that projects from each atrium of the heart; also, in some older texts, the atrium itself
  • Right atrial appendage
  • Left atrial appendage

Biology

• Auricle (botany), an earlike projection on the base of a leaf or petal (in some cyclamen species, for example)
• Primula auricula, a primrose, called bear's ears for the shape of its leaves
• Auriculariales, an order of fungi
  • Auricularia, a genus of fungi
• Auriculella, a genus of tropical land snails
• Auricula, a genus of extinct trilobites

Other uses

• Auricle Ensemble, chamber ensemble
• Auricular style, ornamental style based on parts of the human anatomy