Tags: Anatomical Structure, Artery.

The superior tympanic artery is a small artery in the head. It is a branch of the middle meningeal artery. On entering the cranium it runs in the canal for the tensor tympani muscle and supplies this muscle and the lining membrane of the canal.

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branch from
Middle meningeal artery
Dorlands prefix
a_61
Dorlands suffix
12156462
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Gray subject
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supplies
Tensor tympani muscle

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