Superior tympanic artery
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| Artery: Superior tympanic artery | |
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| The medial wall and part of the posterior and anterior walls of the right tympanic cavity, lateral view. (Artery not shown, but Tensor tympani indicated with arrow.) | |
| Latin | arteria tympanica superior |
| Gray's | subject #144 561 |
| Supplies | Tensor tympani |
| Source | middle meningeal artery |
The superior tympanic artery, a branch of the middle meningeal on entering the cranium, runs in the canal for the Tensor tympani, and supplies this muscle and the lining membrane of the canal.
This article was originally based on an entry from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy. As such, some of the information contained within it may be outdated.
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