Medical Dictionary

transverse facial artery

noun

Medical Definition of TRANSVERSE FACIAL ARTERY

:  a large branch of the superficial temporal artery that arises in the parotid gland and supplies or gives off branches supplying the parotid gland, masseter muscle, and adjacent parts

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