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Deep temporal arteries

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FMA
  
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Deep temporal arteries

Source
  
maxillary artery (2nd part)

Latin
  
arteria temporalis profunda anterior, arteria temporalis profunda posterior

TA
  
A12.2.05.071 A12.2.05.072

The deep temporal arteries, two in number, anterior and posterior, ascend between the temporalis and the pericranium.

They supply the muscle, and anastomose with the middle temporal artery.

The anterior communicates with the lacrimal artery by means of small branches which perforate the zygomatic bone and great wing of the sphenoid.

References

Deep temporal arteries Wikipedia