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Nerve Primary Ear Sensory Innervation Origin Site of Referred Pain CN II and CN III Inferomedial and lateral pinna Skin overlying angle of mandible Pre- and postauricular skin Lateral neck Lobule Muscles of neck Upper cervical facet joints and nerve roots Atlantoaxial joint CN V Anterosuperior pinna Gingival and buccal mucosa of oral cavity External auditory canal Palate Tympanic membrane Floor of the mouth Anterior two-thirds of the tongue (sensory nerves) Mandibular teeth TMJ Mandible Nasal mucosa (sensory nerves) Paranasal sinus mucosa (sensory nerves) Parotid gland CN VII Conchal bowl Nasal mucosa (parasympathetic nerves) External auditory canal Sphenoid and ethmoid sinuses (parasympathetic nerves) Tympanic membrane Anterior two-thirds of the tongue (taste fibers) CN IX Tympanic membrane Stylopharyngeus muscle Posterior third of the tongue Palatine tonsil Carotid body Pharyngeal mucosa Parapharyngeal space Retropharyngeal space CN X Concha Oropharynx (vallecula and constrictor muscles) Postauricular skin Larynx Posterior external auditory canal Hypopharynx (pyriform sinus) Tympanic membrane Visceral space (thyroid, esophagus, and trachea)