Encyclopedia entry
Superficial Temporal Artery
Abstract
The superficial temporal occasionally gives rise to the maxillary above the zygomatic arch, or to a tympanic artery. It may be small, in which case, it is replaced by the posterior auricular. When enlarged, it may give rise to branches normally provided by the facial such as the lateral nasal and superior and inferior labial. Its transverse facial branch is sometimes doubled. The anterior temporal branch of the superficial temporal is occasionally larger than the posterior branch, and may take the place of a defective facial artery.
The superficial temporal occasionally gives rise to the maxillary above the zygomatic arch, or to a tympanic artery.
It may be small, in which case, it is replaced by the posterior auricular.
When enlarged, it may give rise to branches normally provided by the facial such as the lateral nasal and superior and inferior labial.
Its transverse facial branch is sometimes doubled.
The anterior temporal branch of the superficial temporal is occasionally larger than the posterior branch, and may take the place of a defective facial artery.
The transverse facial artery may arise directly from the external carotid artery.
The orbital branch of the superficial temporal artery may be larger than usual, and extends into the eyelids. Cruveilhier has seen it communicate with the supraorbital artery and supply a large part of the forehead.
Anatomy Atlases. Image hosted by the site it comes from. Open the original page.
Riferimenti dell’opera originale
Elenco riportato come compare nella fonte, senza normalizzazione dei formati bibliografici.
- Bergman, R.A., Thompson, S.A., Afifi, A.K. and F.A. Saadeh. (1988) Compendium of Human Anatomic Variation: Catalog, Atlas and World Literature. Urban & Schwarzenberg, Baltimore.and Munich.
- Dall'Acqua, U. (1901) L'artere temporale superficielle de l'homme. Arch. Ital. Biol. 36:347-348.
- Grote, G. (1901) Die Varietäten der Arteria temporalis superficialis. Zeitschrift für Morphologie und Anthropologie 3:1-20.
- Latarjet, A. (1948) Testut's Traite d'Anatomie Humaine, 9th ed., G. Doin & Cie., Paris.
- Poynter, C.W.M. (1922) Congenital Anomalies of the Arteries and Veins of the Human Body with Bibliography. The University Studies of the University of Nebraska, Lincoln 22:1-106.
- Schaefer, E.A., Symington, J. and T.H. Bryce., Eds. (1915) Quain's Anatomie, 11th ed. Longmans, Green and Co., London.
Anatomical classification
- Systems:
- Cardiovascular system
Content provenance
Adaptation
Adaptation of «Superficial Temporal Artery — Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation: Opus I: Muscular System» by Ronald A. Bergman, Adel K. Afifi, Ryosuke Miyauchi. Source: https://www.anatomyatlases.org/AnatomicVariants/Cardiovascular/Text/Arteries/TemporalSuperficial.shtml Original work distributed under the CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.it). Adaptation by Redazione AIVA. Changes from the original: Testo originale inglese riprodotto integralmente e riorganizzato nel formato scheda del portale (sintesi, testo, riferimenti), senza modificarne le affermazioni. La traduzione italiana non è ancora stata eseguita, e la pagina lo dichiara. Le figure non sono state copiate: sono collegate alla pagina d’origine. This publication is not approved or endorsed by the authors of the original work.
Licence
This content is distributed under the licence CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Licences and attribution
