maxillary artery
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Related to Internal maxillary vessels: external maxillary artery, arteria maxillaris, maxillary artery
max·il·lar·y ar·ter·y
[TA]primary artery of the infratemporal fossa; origin, external carotid; branches, first (retromandibular) part: deep auricular, anterior tympanic; second (infratemporal part: middle meningeal, inferior alveolar, masseteric, deep temporal, buccal; third (pterygopalatine) part: posterior superior alveolar, infraorbital, descending palatine, artery of pterygoid canal, sphenopalatine.
Synonym(s): arteria maxillaris [TA], internal maxillary artery
max·il·lar·y ar·te·ry
(mak'si-lar-ē ahr'tĕr-ē) [TA]Origin, external carotid; branches, deep auricular, anterior tympanic, middle meningeal, inferior alveolar, masseteric, deep temporal, buccal, posterior superior alveolar, infraorbital, descending palatine, artery of pterygoid canal, sphenopalatine.
Synonym(s): arteria maxillaris [TA] .
Synonym(s): arteria maxillaris [TA] .
max·il·lar·y ar·te·ry
(mak'si-lar-ē ahr'tĕr-ē) [TA]Primary artery of the infratemporal fossa.