temporal artery

Noun

Meaning

(anatomy) Any of the three arteries supplying the temporal region and adjacent parts of the head.
Meronyms: deep temporal artery, middle temporal artery, superficial temporal artery

(anatomy) Any of the three branches of the artery supplying the lateral surfaces of the cerebral cortex.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Hypernyms

cerebral artery arteria cerebri

Hyponyms

arteria temporalis anterior anterior temporal artery arteria temporalis intermedia intermediate temporal artery posterior temporal artery arteria temporalis posterior

Close letter words and terms

temporal apophysis temporal arrangement temporal arteritis temporal bone temporal canthus temporal case