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Preferred Name

Transverse Facial Artery
Synonyms

Transverse Facial Artery

Definitions

An artery arising from the superficial temporal artery that supplies the masseter muscle and corresponding skin as well as the parotid duct and parotid gland.

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C53025

code

C53025

DEFINITION

An artery arising from the superficial temporal artery that supplies the masseter muscle and corresponding skin as well as the parotid duct and parotid gland.

FULL_SYN

Transverse Facial Artery

label

Transverse Facial Artery

Legacy Concept Name

Transverse_Facial_Artery

Preferred_Name

Transverse Facial Artery

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C53025

Semantic_Type

Anatomical Structure

UMLS_CUI

C0226132

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C12372

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