Caroticotympanic arteries
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
The caroticotympanic branch (tympanic branch) is small; it enters the tympanic cavity through a minute foramen in the carotid canal, and anastomoses with the anterior tympanic branch of the internal maxillary, and with the stylomastoid artery.