Figure pain behind the ear

Pain behind the ear

1. Upper jaw -
   Maxilla
2. Molar and wisdom tooth -
   Dens molaris
3. Lower jaw -
   Mandible
4. Thyroid -
   Glandula thyroidea
5. Head turner -
   Sternocleidomastoid muscle
6. Belt muscle -
   Splenius muscle
7. Masseter (jaw muscle) -
   Masseter muscle
8. Facial nerve (7th cranial nerve) -
   Facial nerve
9. Mastoid lymph nodes -
   Nodi lymphoidei mastoidei
   Possible causes:
   A - facial palsy
   (Paralysis of the facial nerve) -
   Facial paralysis and loss
   of facial expressions
   B - lymph node swelling -
   Glandular Pfeiffer fever
   (Kiss sickness),
   Rubella infection, toxoplasmosis
   C. - Toothache - especially
   Inflammation of the molars
   (Molars)
   and wisdom teeth
   D. - De Quervain Thyroiditis -
   rare inflammatory disease
   the thyroid gland
   E - Muscular Causes -
   muscular tension in the
   Area of ​​the neck and
   Neck muscles (no picture)

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