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transverse facial artery
Origin: superficial temporal artery
Distribution:
1) parotid gland
2) parotid duct
3) masseter
4) overlying skin
Anastomoses:
1) infraorbital & buccal branches of maxillary artery
2) buccal & masseteric branches of facial artery
General
blood vessel
Properties
FORM: transverse facial artery
ORIGIN: superficial temporal artery
References
Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
Components
intima; tunica intima
tunica media
vascular endothelium