part of part of connected to connected to connecting branch of Homo sapiens system superficial temporal artery middle cerebral artery temporal artery middle temporal artery FMA:49666 middle temporal artery SCTID:146854006 Wikipedia:Middle_temporal_artery UBERON:0035042 The middle temporal artery arises immediately above the zygomatic arch, and, perforating the temporal fascia, gives branches to the Temporalis, anastomosing with the deep temporal branches of the internal maxillary. It occasionally gives off a zygomaticoC6rbital branch, which runs along the upper border of the zygomatic arch, between the two layers of the temporal fascia, to the lateral angle of the orbit.