Superior tympanic artery

The superior tympanic artery is a small artery in the head. It is a branch of the middle meningeal artery. On entering the cranium it runs in the canal for the tensor tympani muscle and supplies this muscle and the lining membrane of the canal.

Superior tympanic artery
The medial wall and part of the posterior and anterior walls of the right tympanic cavity, lateral view. (Artery not shown, but tensor tympani muscle indicated with arrow)
Details
Precursor	Stapedial artery
Source	Middle meningeal artery
Supplies	Tensor tympani muscle
Identifiers
Latin	arteria tympanica superior
TA98	A12.2.05.067
TA2	4437
FMA	49720
Anatomical terminology [edit on Wikidata]

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 561 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)