Intertragic notch

Intertragic notch
The auricula. Lateral surface.
Identifiers
Code	a_49
Dorlands /Elsevier	12143097
Anatomical terminology []

The intertragic notch is a feature of mammalian ear anatomy. In humans, it is the space that separates the tragus from the antitragus in the outer ear.

It is the point specified (although not by that name) in the U.S. Army’s regulation governing the length of sideburns in male soldiers.

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