Corpus: Superior tympanic artery
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The superior tympanic artery is a vascular branch of the middle meningeal artery that supplies the tensor tympani muscle and the surrounding mucous membrane of the tympanic cavity. It runs together with the minor petrosal nerve through the hiatus canalis nervi petrosi minoris.