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* [edit on Wikidata]

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)

1st part / mandibular	anterior tympanic deep auricular middle meningeal (superior tympanic, petrosal) accessory meningeal inferior alveolar (mental, mylohyoid)

2nd part / pterygoid	to muscles of mastication (deep temporal, pterygoid, masseteric) buccal

3rd part / pterygopalatine	posterior superior alveolar infraorbital (anterior superior alveolar) descending palatine (greater palatine, lesser palatine) artery of the pterygoid canal sphenopalatine (posterior septal branches, posterior lateral nasal) pharyngeal

cervical	carotid sinus

petrous	Vidian caroticotympanic

cavernous/ ophthalmic	orbital group:anterior ethmoidal posterior ethmoidal lacrimal (lateral palpebral) medial palpebral terminal (supraorbital, supratrochlear, dorsal nasal) ocular group: central retinal ciliary (short posterior, long posterior, anterior) Circulus arteriosus major hypophysial (superior, inferior)

brain	Circle of Willis ACA (anterior communicating, medial striate, Orbitofrontal artery) MCA (anterolateral central, Prefrontal artery, Superior terminal branch, Inferior terminal branch, Anterior temporal branch) posterior communicating anterior choroidal

inferior thyroid	inferior laryngeal tracheal esophageal ascending cervical pharyngeal glandular branches

transverse cervical	superficial branch deep branch / dorsal scapular scapular anastomosis

suprascapular	acromial branch scapular anastomosis

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