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stylomastoid artery
Origin: posterior auricular artery
Distribution:
1) external acoustic meatus
2) mastoid air cells
3) semicircular canals
4) stapedius muscle
5) vestibule
Anastomoses:
1) tympanic branches of the internal carotid
2) ascending pharyngeal artery
3) labyrinthine artery
General
blood vessel
Properties
FORM: stylomastoid artery
ORIGIN: posterior auricular artery
References
Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
Components
intima; tunica intima
tunica media
vascular endothelium