Maxillary artery

Question 1

Deep auricular artery: pierces the __________

and supplies the______________.

Answer 1

wall of the external acoustic meatus. lateral surface of the tympanic membrane

Question 2

Anterior tympanic artery: traverses the________ and

supplies the_______________

Answer 2

petrotympanic fissure. medial surface of the tympanic membrane

Question 3

Middle meningeal artery: traverses the ______to enter the__________
where its blood supply includes the dura mater

Answer 3

foramen spinosum.middle cranial cavity,

Question 4

Accessory meningeal artery: traverses the __________ to enter the
__________, where its blood supply includes the dura mater

Answer 4

foramen ovale. middle cranial cavity

Question 5

Inferior alveolar artery: traverses the__________ -> enters the______________
; supplies the ______________

Answer 5

mandibular foramen. mandibular canal. mandibular teeth and adjacent gingiva

Question 6

before passing into bone, the inferior alveolar artery gives off the __________.

Answer 6

mylohyoid branch

Question 7

By the_________, the inferior alveolar artery divides into two
branches, incisor/incisive and mental. The incisive branch continues its
course toward midline and supplies the ____________. The
mental branch passes through the ___________to supply muscles
and skin of the chin.

Answer 7

second premolar, anterior teeth and gingiva. mental foramen.

Question 8

Masseteric artery: passes superior to the ______________ to reach
the deep surface of the masseter muscle, which it supplies

Answer 8

mandibular notch

Question 9

Sphenopalatine artery: the terminal branch of the maxillary artery, it passes
through the ______________ to reach the __________; supplies a__________________________.

Answer 9

sphenopalatine foramen.nasal cavity. portion of the nasal cavity, including the nasal septum, and anterior hard
palate

Question 10

Descending palatine artery: descends through the ______________l ->
branches into greater and lesser palatine arteries and pass through ____________; supply mucous membrane/glands of the____________________.

Answer 10

greater palatine canal. same
named foramina. soft and hard
palate and maxillary gingival tissue

Question 11

Infraorbital artery: passes through the _________________ ->
infraorbital groove ->infrorbial canal -> infraorbital foramen; supplies the
____________________; along its course gives rise to the
__________________ which supplies the _________________. Both the infraorbital and anterior alveolar arteries
supply the ___________.

Answer 11

inferior orbital fissure. inferior eyelid, lateral nose and superior lip. anterior alveolar artery.maxillary canine, incisors and
adjacent gingival tissue. maxillary sinus.

Question 12

Posterior superior alveolar artery: traverses the ____________; supplies
the ____________________________.

Answer 12

alveolar foramen. maxillary molars, premolars, adjacent gingival tissue as well as the
lining of the maxillary sinus

Question 13

Pharyngeal artery: passes through the ____________; supplies the
____________.

Answer 13

palatovaginal canal. nasopharynx

Question 14

Artery of pterygoid canal: passes through the ___________; supplies the__________________________.

Answer 14

pterygoid canal. the nasopharynx, pharyngotympanic tube and tympanic cavity

Question 15

structures that pass through the cavernous sinus?

Answer 15

internal carotid artery, internal carotid plexus, CN: 3,4,6, V1, V2