connecting branch of vessel supplies blood to Homo sapiens masseter muscle superficial temporal artery transverse facial artery http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/35/Gray515.png MA:0002068 UBERON:0001615 SCTID:146551008 NCIT:C53025 EMAPA:37130 The transverse facial artery is an artery that branches from the superficial temporal artery and runs across the face. [WP,unvetted]. Wikipedia:Transverse_facial_artery FMA:49657 arteria transversa faciei UMLS:C0226132 artery parotid gland masseteric artery