Deep temporal arteries

Deep temporal arteries
	Plan of branches of internal maxillary artery. (Post. deep temporal and ant. deep temporal labeled at center top.)
Details
Source	maxillary artery (2nd part)
Identifiers
Latin	arteria temporalis profunda anterior, arteria temporalis profunda posterior
FMA	49742
	Anatomical terminology;

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

The deep temporal arteries in relation to other arteries of the outer skull, visible at centre.

Branches of the maxillary artery.

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

This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 561 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

lesson4 at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University) (infratempfossaart)

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