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superficial temporal artery

^ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001614

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 ]

Term info

Subsets

uberon_slim, human_reference_atlas

depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a5/Gray1200.png

has related synonym

arteria temporalis superficialis

id

UBERON:0001614

prefLabel

Superficial temporal artery

present in taxon

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606