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Term:
Parent Terms Term With Siblings Child Terms
temporal artery +    
anterior temporal artery 
deep temporal artery 
middle temporal artery 
The middle temporal artery arises immediately above the zygomatic arch, and, perforating the temporal fascia, gives branches to the Temporalis, anastomosing with the deep temporal branches of the internal maxillary. It occasionally gives off a zygomaticoC6rbital branch, which runs along the upper border of the zygomatic arch, between the two layers of the temporal fascia, to the lateral angle of the orbit.
posterior temporal artery 
superficial temporal artery 
temporal branch of lateral pretrosal artery 

Synonyms
Xrefs: FMA:49666 ;   SCTID:146854006 ;   Wikipedia:Middle_temporal_artery
External Ontologys: present_in_taxon NCBITaxon:9606
Definition Sources: Wikipedia:Middle_temporal_artery

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