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Definition of Temporal artery
1. Noun. Any of the three arteries on either side of the brain supplying the cortex of the temporal lobe.
Specialized synonyms: Anterior Temporal Artery, Arteria Temporalis Anterior, Arteria Temporalis Intermedia, Intermediate Temporal Artery, Arteria Temporalis Posterior, Posterior Temporal Artery
Lexicographical Neighbors of Temporal Artery
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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