KROK 1 2011 – Question 171 · KROK (Medicine) · Human Anatomy
A victim with a head trauma in the temporal region has been diagnosed with epidural hematoma. What artery is most likely to be damaged?
- A. Medial cerebral artery
- B. Posterior auricular artery
- C. Superficial temporal artery
- D. Anterior membranous artery
- E. Medial membranous artery
Hint
Epidural bleeding comes from a vessel lying between the skull and the dura mater, so ask which artery runs in that plane beneath the temple.
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