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deep temporal artery
Anterior & posterior arteries.
Origin: maxillary artery
Distribution:
1) temporalis muscle & periosteum
2) bone & diploe of temporal fossa
Anastomosis:
1) branches of superficial temporal artery
2) lacrimal artery
3) middle meningeal artery
General
blood vessel
Properties
FORM: deep temporal artery
ORIGIN: maxillary artery
References
Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
Components
intima; tunica intima
tunica media
vascular endothelium