ARTERIA TEMPORAL SUPERFICIAL

  
   Art. temporalis superficialis: rama terminal de la arteria carótida externa; asciende por el espesor de la glándula parótida haciendose superficial por delante del trago y por detrás de la articulación témporo-mandibular, alcanza la región temporal dividiéndose en dos ramas terminales.
   Colaterales: ramos para la parótida, masetero, articulación témporo-mandibular, pabellón auricular, arteria trasversal de la cara, arteria zigomato-malar y arteria temporal profunda media.
   Ramas terminales: anterior o frontal y posterior o parietal.
 
   <(F): Artère temporal superficiel: est une petite branche de l'artère carotide externe, dont elle semble être un prolongement. L'artère temporale est située devant l'oreille ou latéralement au-dessus de l'oeil. L'artère temporale superficielle traverse l'apophyse zygomatique. Elle est recouverte du muscle auriculaire d'Attrahens, ou auriculaire antérieur. L'artère temporale superficielle possède plusieurs branches. Elle irrigue le muscle temporal, le muscle masséter et les muscles orbiculaires, ainsi que la peau de la face et du cuir chevelu, la glande parotide et l'articulation temporo-mandibulaire.
 
   <(Ing): Superficial temporal artery: is a major artery of the head. It 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. The superficial temporal artery, the smaller of the two terminal branches of the external carotid, appears, from its direction, to be the continuation of that vessel. It begins in the substance of the parotid gland, behind the neck of the mandible, and crosses over the posterior root of the zygomatic process of the temporal bone; about 5 cm. above this process it divides into two branches, a frontal and a parietal. As it crosses the zygomatic process, it is covered by the Auricularis anterior muscle, and by a dense fascia; it is crossed by the temporal and zygomatic branches of the facial nerve and one or two veins, and is accompanied by the auriculotemporal nerve, which lies immediately behind it. The superficial temporal artery anastomoses with the supraorbital artery of the internal carotid artery.
 
   TÉRMINOS ANATÓMICOS RELACIONADOS: 
  • Rama parotídea (arteria temporal superficial),  (Ramus parotideus arteriae temporalis superficialis)
  • Arteria facial transversa (Arteria transversa faciei)
  • Ramas auriculares anteriores (arteria temporal superficial) (Rami auriculares anteriores arteriae temporalis superficialis)
  • Arteria cigomático-orbitaria (Arteria zygomaticoorbitalis)
  • Arteria temporal media (Arteria temporalis media)
  • Rama frontal (arteria temporal superficial) (Ramus frontalis arteriae temporalis superficialis)
  • Rama parietal (arteria occipital medial) (Ramus parietalis arteriae occipitalis medialis).
 
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