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.

Cauda helicis
Cranial surface of cartilage of right auricula. (Cauda helicis labeled at bottom right.)
Identifiers
TA98A15.3.01.008
TA2953
FMA61028
Anatomical terminology

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