Superior tympanic artery

The superior tympanic artery is a small artery in the head. It is a branch of the middle meningeal artery. On entering the cranium it runs in the canal for the tensor tympani muscle and supplies this muscle and the lining membrane of the canal.

Superior tympanic artery
The medial wall and part of the posterior and anterior walls of the right tympanic cavity, lateral view. (Artery not shown, but tensor tympani muscle indicated with arrow)
Details
PrecursorStapedial artery
SourceMiddle meningeal artery
SuppliesTensor tympani muscle
Identifiers
Latinarteria tympanica superior
TA98A12.2.05.067
TA24437
FMA49720
Anatomical terminology

References edit

  This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 561 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)