Superior tympanic artery
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
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.
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