part of part of connecting branch of system maxillary artery temporal artery deep temporal artery The deep temporal arteries, two in number, anterior and posterior, ascend between the Temporalis and the pericranium. They supply the muscle, and anastomose with the middle temporal artery. The anterior communicates with the lacrimal artery by means of small branches which perforate the zygomatic bone and great wing of the sphenoid. SCTID:147965009 FMA:49742 deep temporal branches deep temporal arteries UBERON:0035041 anterior deep temporal artery posterior deep temporal artery deep temporal artery Wikipedia:Deep_temporal_arteries deep vasculature