Superior tympanic artery
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Artery: Superior tympanic artery | |
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Latin | arteria tympanica superior |
Gray's | subject #144 561 |
Dorlands/Elsevier | a_61/12156462 |
The superior tympanic artery, a branch of the middle meningeal on entering the cranium, runs in the canal for the Tensor tympani, and supplies this muscle and the lining membrane of the canal.
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