Inferior tympanic artery
Inferior tympanic artery | |
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Superficial dissection of the right side of the neck, showing the carotid and subclavian arteries | |
Details | |
Source | Ascending pharyngeal artery |
Identifiers | |
Latin | Arteria tympanica inferior |
TA | A12.2.05.013 |
FMA | 49506 |
The inferior tympanic artery is a small branch of the ascending pharyngeal artery.
It is a small branch which passes through a minute foramen in the petrous portion of the temporal bone which is called tympanic canaliculus or inferior tympanic canaliculus, in company with the tympanic branch of the glossopharyngeal nerve, to supply the medial wall of the tympanic cavity and anastomose with the other tympanic arteries.
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This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
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