deep temporal artery

noun

deep temporal artery

noun
1

Anatomy, Medicine, Sciences 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.

Related terms
buccal artery, masseteric artery

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