Superior tympanic artery
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| Superior tympanic artery | |
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The medial wall and part of the posterior and anterior walls of the right tympanic cavity, lateral view. (Artery not shown, but tensor tympani muscle indicated with arrow)
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| Latin | Arteria tympanica superior |
| Source | Middle meningeal artery |
| Supplies | Tensor tympani muscle |
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| Anatomical terminology [[[d:Lua error in Module:Wikidata at line 863: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).|edit on Wikidata]]]
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The superior tympanic artery is a small artery in the head. It is a branch of the middle meningeal artery. On entering the cranium it runs in the canal for the tensor tympani muscle and supplies this muscle and the lining membrane of the canal.
References
This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
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