Caroticotympanic arteries
Arteriae caroticotympanicae
Definition
The caroticotympanic arteries (ramus caroticotympanicus; tympanic branch;caroticotympanic branch) is small; it enters the tympanic cavity through a minute foramen in the carotid canal, and anastomoses with the anterior tympanic branch of the internal maxillary, and with the stylomastoid artery.
This branch is rarely seen in brain arteriography, as it is encased in thick temporal bone
References
This definition incorporates text from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy (20th U.S. edition of Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body, published in 1918 – from http://www.bartleby.com/107/).
