This nerve, as it courses posteriorly to the condylar head, is frequently injured in temporomandibular joint (TMJ) surgery, causing an ipsilateral paresthesia of the auricle and skin surrounding the ear. It is the main nerve that supplies the TMJ, along with branches of the masseteric nerve and the deep temporal. After a parotidectomy, the nerves from the<unk>  that previously innervated the parotid gland can reattach to the sweat glands in the same region. The result is sweating along the cheek with the consumption of foods (Frey's syndrome). Treatment involves the application of an antiperspirant or glycopyrrolate to the cheek, Jacobsen's neurectomy along the middle ear promontory, and lifting of the skin flap with the placement of a tissue barrier (harvested or cadaveric) to interrupt the misguided innervation of the sweat glands. Pain from parotitis, a condition that can be caused by mumps, will be carried by the<unk>  and great auricular nerve to the brain.
Auriculotemporal nerve
Supratrochlear nerve
Oculomotor nerve
Nerve of pterygoid canal
Marginal mandibular branch of the facial nerve
Buccal branches of the facial nerve
Median nerve
Anterior interosseous nerve