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anterior tympanic artery
Origin: maxillary artery (retromandibular {1st} part)
Distribution: middle ear
Anastomoses:
1) tympanic branches of internal carotid artery
2) ascending pharyngeal artery
3) stylomastoid artery
General
blood vessel
Properties
FORM: anterior tympanic artery
ORIGIN: maxillary artery
References
Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
Components
intima; tunica intima
tunica media
vascular endothelium