Pterygoid branches of maxillary artery

Pterygoid branches of maxillary artery

Plan of branches of internal maxillary artery. (Pterygoid labeled at center top.)

Plan of branches of internal maxillary artery. (Visible but not labeled.)
Details
Source maxillary artery
Identifiers
Latin rami pterygoidei arteriae maxillaris
TA A12.2.05.073
FMA 71682

Anatomical terminology

The pterygoid branches of the maxillary artery, irregular in their number and origin, supply the lateral pterygoid muscle and medial pterygoid muscle.

Branches of the maxillary artery.

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

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