Caroticotympanic branch
| Caroticotympanic arteries | |
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| Details | |
| Source | petrous portion of the internal carotid artery |
| Supplies | tympanic cavity |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | arteriae caroticotympanicae, ramus caroticotympanicus |
| Dorlands /Elsevier |
a_61/12153652 |
| TA | A12.2.06.005 |
| FMA | 71691 |
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Anatomical terminology []
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The caroticotympanic artery (tympanic branch) is a small branch of the internal carotid artery; it enters the tympanic cavity through a minute foramen in the carotid canal, and anastomoses with the anterior tympanic branch of the internal maxillary, and with the posterior tympanic branch of the stylomastoid artery.
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