Definition of Temporal artery

1. Noun. Any of the three arteries on either side of the brain supplying the cortex of the temporal lobe.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Temporal Artery

templet
templets
templing
templon
templons
tempo
tempo mark
tempolabile
tempora
temporal
temporal aponeurosis
temporal apophysis
temporal arrangement
temporal arteries
temporal arteritis
temporal artery (current term)
temporal bone
temporal bones
temporal branch of facial nerve
temporal canal
temporal canthus
temporal case
temporal cases
temporal cortex
temporal dispersion
temporal distributive
temporal fascia
temporal fossa
temporal gyrus
temporal horn

Literary usage of Temporal artery

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1901)
"The Superficial temporal artery (Fig. 285), the smaller of the two terminal ... The middle temporal artery arises immediately above the zygomatic arch, and, ..."

2. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"This branch, which may arise directly from the superficial temporal artery, supplies the Orbicularis oculi, and anastomoses with the lacrimal and palpebral ..."

3. Quain's Elements of Anatomy by Jones Quain, Allen Thomson, George Dancer Thane (1882)
"The temporal artery it first embedded in the substance of the parotid gland, ... branch is one of the two terminal branches of 6 temporal artery. ..."

4. The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature by Tobias George Smollett (1783)
"An Improved Method of Opening the temporal artery, Alfa, a New Prof ofal for ... Dr. Butter recommends opening the temporal artery in all ..."

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