connecting branch of Homo sapiens external carotid artery superficial temporal artery http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a5/Gray1200.png A major artery of the head that arises from the external carotid artery when it bifurcates into the superficial temporal artery and maxillary artery. Its pulse is palpable superior to the zygomatic arch, anterior and superior to the tragus. [WP,unvetted]. MA:0002062 Wikipedia:Superficial_temporal_artery BTO:0003747 arteria temporalis superficialis FMA:49650 SCTID:181325005 EMAPA:37118 UBERON:0001614 temporal artery branch of external carotid artery