External Carotid Nerve

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
ECN
Pronunciation
/ɪkˈstərnəl kərˈɑtɪd nərv/
Category
Medical
Related Field
British Medicine

Examples in Context

  1. In most severe cases, the external carotid artery, strap muscles of the neck, Vagus nerve, Hypoglossal nerve and the lingual branch of the Trigeminal nerve are also removed.

Other meanings of ECN