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Definition of Auricular artery
1. Noun. Artery that supplies blood to the ear.
Group relationships: Ear
Generic synonyms: Arteria, Arterial Blood Vessel, Artery
Lexicographical Neighbors of Auricular Artery
Literary usage of Auricular 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 (1897)
"The Posterior auricular artery (Fig. 349) is a small vessel which arises from
the external carotid, above the Digastric and Stylo-hyoid muscles, ..."
2. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"The posterior auricular artery (a. auricularis posterior) (Fig. 586) is small
and arises from the external carotid, above the Digastricus and ..."
3. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1887)
"The occipital portion lies between the two branches of the post-auricular artery
and is distributed to the caudal part of the occipito-frontal muscle ..."
4. Textbook of Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham (1905)
"The posterior auricular artery springs from the back of the external carotid,
immediately above the posterior belly of the digastric muscle, and terminates ..."
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