Deep auricular artery

Deep auricular artery
Plan of branches of internal maxillary artery. (Label "Deep auric." visible at upper left.)
Plan of branches of internal maxillary artery. (Deep auricular visible but not labeled.)
Details
Sourcemaxillary artery
Identifiers
Latinarteria auricularis profunda
TA98A12.2.05.054
TA24423
FMA49689
Anatomical terminology

The deep auricular artery often arises in common with the anterior tympanic artery.

It ascends in the substance of the parotid gland, behind the temporomandibular articulation, pierces the cartilaginous or bony wall of the external acoustic meatus, and supplies its cuticular lining and the outer surface of the tympanic membrane.

It gives a branch to the temporomandibular joint.

References

Public domain This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 560 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)


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