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temporal artery

temporal artery noun: any of the three arteries supplying the temporal region and adjacent parts of the head.

Noun

temporal artery (plural temporal arteries)

  1. Any of the three arteries supplying the temporal region and adjacent parts of the head.
  2. Any of the three branches of the artery supplying the lateral surfaces of the cerebral cortex.

Forms of temporal artery

pluraltemporal arteries

Words formed from temporal artery

Questions about temporal artery

What does temporal artery mean?
Temporal artery means any of the three arteries supplying the temporal region and adjacent parts of the head.
What part of speech is temporal artery?
Temporal artery is a noun.
What is the plural of temporal artery?
The plural of temporal artery is temporal arteries.

Words near temporal artery in the dictionary

  1. tempolabile
  2. tempoparietal
  3. temporal
  4. temporal apophysis
  5. temporal arteries
  6. temporal artery
  7. temporal bone
  8. temporal bones
  9. temporal case
  10. temporal cases
  11. temporal dead zone

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