Maxillary artery

Maxillary artery
Maxillary artery and its branches. ("Internal maxillary" is horizontal at left center.)
Plan of branches of maxillary artery.
Details
PrecursorAortic arch 1
SourceExternal carotid artery
Branches1st part: anterior tympanic - deep auricular - middle meningeal - superior tympanic artery - accessory meningeal - inferior alveolar
2nd part: Posterior deep temporal artery - Pterygoid branches - masseteric - buccinator - Anterior deep temporal artery
3rd part: posterior superior alveolar - infraorbital - descending palatine - artery of the pterygoid canal - sphenopalatine
VeinMaxillary veins
Identifiers
Latinarteria maxillaris
MeSHD008438
TA98A12.2.05.053
TA24422
FMA49675
Anatomical terminology

The maxillary artery (eg, internal maxillary artery) supplies deep structures of the face. It branches from the external carotid artery just deep to the neck of the mandible.

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