| Artery: Deep temporal arteries | |
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| Plan of branches of internal maxillary artery. (Post. deep temporal and ant. deep temporal labeled at center top.) | |
| Latin | arteria temporalis profunda anterior, arteria temporalis profunda posterior |
| Gray's | subject #144 561 |
| Source | maxillary artery (2nd part) |
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.
This article was originally based on an entry from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy. As such, some of the information contained within it may be outdated.
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