Temporal branches
# Temporal branches

In anatomy, temporal branches can refer to any one of several different structures near the temple or temporal bone:

* Nerves
   * Temporal branches of the facial nerve - "rami temporales nervi facialis"
   * superficial temporal branches of auriculotemporal nerve - "rami temporales superficiales nervi auriculotemporalis"
* Arteries
   * Temporal branches of the middle meningeal artery
   * Temporal branches of the middle cerebral artery
   * posterior temporal branches of lateral occipital artery - "rami temporales posteriores arteriae occipitalis lateralis"
   * anterior temporal branches of lateral occipital artery - "rami temporales anteriores arteriae occipitalis lateralis"
   * Temporal branches of the superficial temporal artery
      * Anterior temporal branch of superficial temporal artery - "ramus frontalis arteriae temporalis superficialis"
      * Posterior temporal branch of superficial temporal artery - "ramus parietalis arteriae temporalis superficialis"
