Inferior tympanic artery

Last revised by Henry Knipe on 4 Mar 2023

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Citation:

Ikeuchi P, Knipe H, Inferior tympanic artery. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 24 Apr 2024) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-163491

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-163491

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https://radiopaedia.org/articles/163491?iframe=true

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163491

Article created:

4 Mar 2023, Peter Ikeuchi

Disclosures:

At the time the article was created Peter Ikeuchi had no financial relationships to ineligible companies to disclose.

Last revised:

4 Mar 2023, Henry Knipe ◉ ◈

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At the time the article was last revised Henry Knipe had the following disclosures:

These were assessed during peer review and were determined to not be relevant to the changes that were made.

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2 times, by 2 contributors - see full revision history and disclosures

Systems:

Vascular, Head & Neck

Sections:

Anatomy

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The inferior tympanic artery is a small branch of the ascending pharyngeal artery that supplies the tympanic cavity.

can arise as separate branch between the pharyngeal and neuromeningeal trunks of the ascending pharyngeal artery¹
in cases of aberrant internal carotid artery, the inferior tympanic artery, anastomosing with an enlarged caroticotympanic (embryologic hyoid) artery, takes on the role of the absent internal carotid artery ²