Caroticotympanic artery

System Cardiovascular
SNOMED CT 148470005

Caroticotympanic artery

Definition

The caroticotympanic branch (tympanic branch) is small; 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 stylomastoid artery.

The Caroticotympanic artery is a part of the Cardiovascular.

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