Anatom3DPosterior deep temporal artery
Arteria temporalis profunda posterior · Zadní hluboká spánková tepna
Heart & arteries
Looks like
A maxillary branch climbing under the back part of the temporalis chewing muscle.
What it does
Supplies the back of the temporalis muscle.
Keeping it well
Relevant in temporalis flaps and skull-base surgery; rarely a problem alone.
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)