deep temporal artery

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Either of two arterial branches that supply a large muscle on each side of the head involved in raising the lower jaw and that arise from the cerebral artery supplying the deep structures of the face.

Word forms

deep temporal artery deep temporal arteries

Related words

buccal artery masseteric artery
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