anterior tympanic artery

The deep auricular artery often arises in common with the anterior tympanic artery.

The human anterior tympanic artery.

The anterior tympanic artery (glaserian artery) is a small artery in the head that supplies the middle ear.

Anterior tympanic artery (arteria tympanica anterior)

Other branches of the external carotid artery namely: the deep auricular artery, anterior tympanic artery, ascending pharyngeal artery, and maxillary artery- may also contribute to the arterial blood supply of the joint.

In the young subject a branch from this vessel forms, with the anterior tympanic artery from the internal maxillary, a vascular circle, which surrounds the tympanic membrane, and from which delicate vessels ramify on that membrane.