A major artery of the head that arises from the external carotid artery when it bifurcates into the superficial temporal artery and maxillary artery. Its pulse is palpable superior to the zygomatic arch, anterior and superior to the tragus. [WP,unvetted]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superficial_temporal_artery ]
This is just here as a test because I lose it
Term information
database
cross reference
- null:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superficial_temporal_artery
- FMA:49650
- null:http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/181325005
- OpenCyc:Mx4rv33WkZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA
- EMAPA:37118 (MA:th)
- BTO:0003747
- MA:0002062
Subsets
uberon_slim
definition
- A major artery of the head that arises from the external carotid artery when it bifurcates into the superficial temporal artery and maxillary artery. Its pulse is palpable superior to the zygomatic arch, anterior and superior to the tragus. [WP,unvetted].
depicted by
- http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a5/Gray1200.png
has obo namespace
- uberon
has related synonym
- arteria temporalis superficialis
id
- UBERON:0001614
Term relations
Subclass of: