<Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> External acoustic meatus </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Anatomy of the human ear . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Details </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Precursor </Th> <Td> groove (cleft) of the first branchial arch . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Artery </Th> <Td> anterior part: superficial temporal artery posterior part: posterior auricular artery </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Vein </Th> <Td> superficial temporal veins, external jugular vein, pterygoid plexus </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Nerve </Th> <Td> auriculotemporal nerve, great auricular nerve, auricular branch of vagus nerve </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Lymph </Th> <Td> superficial cervical lymph nodes, deep cervical lymph nodes </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Identifiers </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Latin </Th> <Td> meatus acusticus externus </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Dorlands / Elsevier </Th> <Td> m_06 / 12518132 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> TA </Th> <Td> A15. 3.01. 045 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> FMA </Th> <Td> 61734 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Anatomical terminology (edit on Wikidata) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> External acoustic meatus </Th> </Tr>

The bony opening for the external ear canal is located in the