Anatom3DAnterior deep temporal artery
Arteria temporalis profunda anterior · Přední hluboká spánková tepna
Heart & arteries
Looks like
A maxillary branch climbing up under the temporalis, the fan-shaped chewing muscle at the side of the head.
What it does
Supplies the front part of the temporalis muscle.
Keeping it well
Relevant in surgery using the temporalis as a flap; rarely a problem on its own.
Related conditions
- Carotid artery stenosis
- High blood pressure
- High cholesterol
- Hypothermia & frostbite
- Kawasaki disease
- Metabolic syndrome
- Orthostatic hypotension & POTS
- Peripheral artery disease
- Phaeochromocytoma & hyperaldosteronism
- Pre-eclampsia
- Raynaud's phenomenon
- Sepsis
- Shock (circulatory failure)
- Takayasu arteritis
- Vasculitis (GCA & others)