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Superior tympanic artery

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Supplies
  
Tensor tympani muscle

TA
  
A12.2.05.067

Dorlands /Elsevier
  
a_61/12156462

FMA
  
49720

Superior tympanic artery

Source
  
Middle meningeal artery

Latin
  
Arteria tympanica superior

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.

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Superior tympanic artery Wikipedia


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