Cauda helicis

Cauda helicis
Cranial surface of cartilage of right auricula. (Cauda helicis labeled at bottom right.)
Identifiers
TA98	A15.3.01.008
TA2	953
FMA	61028
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.

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