Middle temporal artery

Middle temporal artery
The arteries of the face and scalp. (Middle temporal visible near center.)
Lateral head anatomy detail
Details
SourceSuperficial temporal artery
Identifiers
Latinarteria temporalis media
TA98A12.2.05.050
TA24419
FMA49666
Anatomical terminology

In anatomy, the middle temporal artery is a major artery which 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 zygomatico-orbital 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 (the eye socket).

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Public domain This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 558 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)