Superior tympanic artery

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
Source	Middle meningeal artery
Supplies	Tensor tympani muscle
Identifiers
Latin	Arteria tympanica superior
TA	A12.2.05.067
FMA	49720
Anatomical terminology []

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.

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