Corpus: Stylomastoid artery
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Definition[Bearbeiten]
The stylomastoid artery is a branch of the posterior auricular artery.
Course[Bearbeiten]
The stylomastoid artery runs through the stylomastoid foramen and supplies the tympanic cavity (cavum tympani) and the cellulae mastoideae, the pneumatisation spaces of the mastoid process.
It anastomoses with the anterior tympanic artery and the superficial petrosal ramus of the middle meningeal artery.
Branches[Bearbeiten]
- Arteria tympanica posterior
- Rami mastoidei to the cellulae mastoideae
- Ramus stapedius to the stapedius muscle