Superficial temporal artery as an external landmark for deeper-lying brain structures

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 498-501

  Tubbs, R Shane ^a,b,c   O'Neil Jr , James T ^c   Key, Christopher D ^c   Zarzour, Jessica G ^c   Fulghum, Sarah B ^c   Kim, Eugenia J ^c   Lyerly, Michael ^c   Shoja, Mohammadali M ^d   Salter, E George ^b   Oakes, W Jerry ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Brain; External carotid artery; Surgery; Vessel

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; CADAVER; DISSECTION; EXTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MIDDLE CRANIAL FOSSA; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERFICIAL TEMPORAL ARTERY;

AGED; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCALP; TEMPORAL ARTERIES;

EID: 34250851333     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: 10982353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.20363     Document Type: Article

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