Deep auricular artery

The deep auricular artery is a branch of the maxillary artery. The deep auricular artery pierces the external acoustic meatus. It provides arterial supply to the skin of the external acoustic meatus, and contributes arterial supply to the tympanic membrane, and (via a branch) the temporomandibular joint.[1]

Deep auricular artery
Plan of branches of internal maxillary artery. (Label "Deep auric." visible at upper left.)
Plan of branches of internal maxillary artery. (Deep auricular visible but not labeled.)
Details
Sourcemaxillary artery
Identifiers
Latinarteria auricularis profunda
TA98A12.2.05.054
TA24423
FMA49689
Anatomical terminology

Anatomy

Origin

It is a branch of the (mandibular part of) the maxillary artery.[1] It often arises in common with the anterior tympanic artery.

Course

It ascends in the substance of the parotid gland, behind the temporomandibular articulation, and pierces (the cartilaginous or bony wall of) the external acoustic meatus.[1]

Distribution

It supplies its cuticular lining and the outer surface of the tympanic membrane.

It gives a branch to the temporomandibular joint.[1]

References

Public domain This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 560 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

  1. Standring, Susan (2020). Gray's Anatomy: The Anatomical Basis of Clinical Practice (42th ed.). New York. p. 1464. ISBN 978-0-7020-7707-4. OCLC 1201341621.


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