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deep auricular artery
Origin: maxillary artery (1st part)
Distribution:
1) articulation of jaw (temporomandibular joint)
2) parotid gland
3) external acoustic meatus
4) internal tympanic membrane
Anastomoses:
1) auricular branches of superficial temporal artery
2) posterior auricular artery
General
blood vessel
Properties
FORM: deep auricular artery
ORIGIN: maxillary artery
References
Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
Components
intima; tunica intima
tunica media
vascular endothelium