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auricular artery

auricular artery

7.0
A blood vessel that carries blood to the ear
  • noun
  • /ɔːˈrɪkjələr ˈɑːrtəri/
  • Specialized
translation icon : arteria auricular
  • The surgeon explained that the auricular artery provides essential blood flow to the ear.
  • the posterior auricular artery

Examples

  • The rich blood supply to this muscle and to the auricle is largely derived from perforating branches of the posterior auricular artery, which is a branch of the external carotid artery.

    Academic text (2009)

  • After the injury, the doctor monitored the auricular artery to ensure proper healing.

  • During the examination, the patient complained of pain around the auricular artery area.

Synonyms

arteria auricularis
vsauricular artery
  • Specialized
9.5

A blood vessel that carries blood to the ear

has identical meaning but appears in a different name form

Surface Forms

auricular artery singular
auricular arteries plural

Morphology

auricular + artery

The meaning 'an artery that supplies blood to the ear' is directly and compositionally derived from 'auricular' (pertaining to the ear) modifying 'artery' (a blood vessel). This is a regular adjective + noun medical compound and follows transparent cross-linguistic naming patterns, so a learner who knows both constituents would understand it.

Etymology

Auricular artery comes from words that describe the body: auricular means 'ear' and artery means 'a blood vessel'. It pictures a blood vessel that goes to the ear, so it means 'an artery that supplies blood to the ear'.