Frontal branch of superficial temporal artery

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Artery: Frontal branch of superficial temporal artery

The arteries of the face and scalp. (Frontal branch labeled at upper right.)
Latin	ramus frontalis arteriae temporalis superficialis
Gray's	subject #144 559
Source	superficial temporal artery
Vein	frontal vein
Dorlands / Elsevier	r_02/12690094

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

The frontal branch of superficial temporal artery (anterior temporal) runs tortuously upward and forward to the forehead, supplying the muscles, integument, and pericranium in this region, and anastomosing with the supraorbital and frontal arteries.

Additional images

Outline of side of face, showing chief surface markings.

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List of arteries of head and neck

CC/EC

sup. thyroid	superior laryngeal - sternocleidomastoid branch - infrahyoid branch - cricothyroid branch - glandular branches
asc. pharyngeal	posterior meningeal - pharyngeal branches - inferior tympanic
lingual	suprahyoid - dorsal lingual - deep lingual - sublingual
facial	cervical branches (ascending palatine, tonsillar, submental, glandular) - facial branches (inferior labial, superior labial/nasal septum, lateral nasal, angular)
occipital	sternocleidomastoid - meningeal - occipital - auricular - descending
post. auricular	stylomastoid - stapedial - auricular - occipital
sup. temporal	transverse facial - middle temporal (zygomatico-orbital) - anterior auricular - frontal - parietal
maxillary	1st part/mandibular: anterior tympanic - deep auricular - middle meningeal (superior tympanic, petrosal) - accessory meningeal - inferior alveolar (mental, mylohyoid) 2nd part/pterygoid: to muscles of mastication (deep temporal, pterygoid, masseteric) - buccal 3rd part/pterygopalatine: posterior superior alveolar - infraorbital (anterior superior alveolar) - descending palatine (greater palatine, lesser palatine) - artery of the pterygoid canal - sphenopalatine (posterior septal branches, posterior lateral nasal)

CC/IC

cervical	carotid sinus
petrous	Vidian - caroticotympanic
cavernous/ ophthalmic	orbital group: posterior ethmoidal - anterior ethmoidal (anterior septal, anterior lateral nasal, anterior meningeal) - lacrimal (lateral palpebral) - medial palpebral - terminal (supraorbital, supratrochlear, dorsal nasal) ocular group: central retinal - ciliary (short posterior, long posterior, anterior) - hypophysial (superior, inferior)
cerebral/Willis	ACA (anterior communicating) - MCA (anterolateral central, lenticulostriate) - posterior communicating - anterior choroidal

vertebral artery	meningeal - spinal (posterior, anterior) - cerebellar (PICA) basilar: pontine - labyrinthine - cerebellar (AICA, SCA) - cerebral (PCA)
thyrocervical trunk	inferior thyroid: inferior laryngeal - tracheal - esophageal - ascending cervical - pharyngeal - glandular branches transverse cervical: superficial branch - deep branch/dorsal scapular suprascapular: acromial branch
costocervical trunk	deep cervical