Caroticotympanic arteries
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Artery: Caroticotympanic arteries | |
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Latin | arteriae caroticotympanicae, ramus caroticotympanicus |
Gray's | subject #146 568 |
Supplies | tympanic cavity |
Source | petrous portion of the internal carotid artery |
Dorlands / Elsevier |
a_61/12153652 |
The caroticotympanic branch (tympanic branch) is small; it enters the tympanic cavity through a minute foramen in the carotid canal, and anastomoses with the anterior tympanic branch of the internal maxillary, and with the stylomastoid artery.
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[edit] External links
- Caroticotympanic+arties at eMedicine Dictionary