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A medical thermometer or clinical thermometer is a device used for measuring the body temperature of a human or other animal. The tip of the thermometer is inserted into the mouth under the tongue (oral or sub-lingual temperature), under the armpit (axillary temperature), into the rectum via the anus (rectal temperature), into the ear (tympanic temperature), or on the forehead (temporal ...
The parietal branch of the superficial temporal artery (posterior temporal) is a small artery in the head.It is larger than the frontal branch and curves upward and backward on the side of the head, lying superficial to the temporal fascia; it joins with its fellow of the opposite side, and with the posterior auricular and occipital arteries.
1990 - Ototemp Veterinary - Tympanic thermometer for animals. 1991 - Ear thermometer employing arterial heat balance. 1996 - Infrared axillary thermometer. 1997 - Consumer infrared axillary thermometer. 1999 - Temporal artery thermometers for professionals and consumers. 2000 - Palm-sized emissivity error-free infrared thermometer.
In anatomy, the middle temporal artery is a major artery which 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.
The deep temporal arteries in relation to other arteries of the outer skull, visible at centre. The deep temporal arteries consist of an anterior and a posterior artery. They are branches of the maxillary artery, a terminal branch of the external carotid artery. [1] They ascend between the temporalis muscle and the pericranium.
Temporal artery may refer to: Deep temporal arteries, two in number, anterior and posterior, ascend between the temporalis and the pericranium; Middle temporal artery, arises immediately above the zygomatic arch; Superficial temporal artery, a major artery of the head
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The halo sign of temporal arteritis should not be confused with Deuel's halo sign, which is a sign of fetal death. [ 3 ] The halo sign is also understood as a region of ground-glass attenuation surrounding a pulmonary nodule on an X-ray computed tomography (CT scan) of the chest.