Deep auricular artery
Arteria auricularis profunda
Definition
The deep auricular artery sends branches to the internal surface of the external ear and into the external acoustic meatus, and ramifies in the auricular muscles and the temporalis muscle.
Depending on the species, it passes through the auricular cartilage or into one of the notches bordering the tragus.
It also originates before the auricular branches in the horse, between the branches, or after the branches in the cat.
References
Constantinescu GM, Schaller O. Illustrated veterinary anatomical nomenclature, 3rd Edition, Enke Verlag, Stuttgart, 2012.
Barone R. Anatomie comparée des mammifères domestiques, Tome 2, Arthrologie et myologie, 4th edition, Vigot, Paris, 2017.
