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auricular artery

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auricular artery
n.
1. An artery with origin in the external carotid artery, with muscular, posterior tympanic, auricular, occipital, and stylomastoid branches; posterior auricular artery.
2. An artery with origin in the maxillary artery, with distribution to the articulation of the jaw, parotid gland, and external acoustic meatus, and with anastomoses to the branches of the superficial temporal and the posterior auricular arteries; deep auricular artery.


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An axial pattern flap was designed along the vascular axis of the posterior auricular artery and its branches.
Reconstruction of the conchal bowl and external auditory canal by Ninan, Shiby / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
The intrapetrosal portion is supplied by the superficial petrosal branch of the middle meningeal artery and the stylomastoid branch of the posterior auricular artery.
Embryology by Selber, Jesse C. / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
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