Auricle
Auricle is an Anglicization of Latin auricula, from auris "ear" and -cula, a diminutive suffix.
Auricle and auricula may refer to:
- Auricle Ensemble, chamber ensemble
- Auricular style, ornamental style based on parts of the human anatomy
Medicine
- Ear
- Auricle (anatomy), 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 or ear-shaped pouch that projects from each atrium (heart); also, in some older texts, the atrium itself
Biology
- Auricle (botany), an earlike projection on the base of a leaf or petal (in some cyclamen species, for example)
- An earlike projection at the base of the head of a planarium which is sensitive to touch and the presence of certain chemicals.
- Primula auricula, a species of primula, including the hybrid cultivars known collectively as "auriculas"
- Auriculariales, an order of fungi
- Auricularia, a genus of fungi
- Auriculella, a genus of tropical land snails
- Auricula, a genus of extinct trilobites
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