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caroticotympanic artery
Small branches.
Origin: internal carotid artery (petrous part)
Distribution: tympanic cavity
Anastomoses:
1) anterior tympanic artery
2) maxillary artery
General
blood vessel
Properties
FORM: caroticotympanic artery
ORIGIN: internal carotid artery (ICA)
References
Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
Components
intima; tunica intima
tunica media
vascular endothelium