Maxillary Artery Branches

Question 1

Anterior Tympanic Artery

Answer 1

Foramen: Petrotympanic Fissure

Supplies the middle ear

Question 2

Middle Meningeal artery

Answer 2

Foramen: Foramen Spinosum

Supplies Calvarium, middle cranial fossa

Question 3

Accessory Meningeal Artery

Answer 3

Foramen Ovale

Supplies calvarium, middle cranial fossa

Question 4

Inferior Alveolar Artery

Answer 4

Mandibular Foramen

Supplies the mandibular teeth; branch - mental artery to chin

Question 5

Posterior Superior Alveolar Artery

Answer 5

Posterior Superior Alveolar foramen

Supplies the maxillary teeth

Question 6

Descending Palatine artery

Answer 6

Greater and Lesser Palatine Foramina

Supplies the Hard and Soft Palate

Question 7

Artery of the Pterygoid Canal

Answer 7

Pterygoid Canal

Supplies the upper pharynx, auditory tube

Question 8

Sphenopalatine Artery

Answer 8

Sphenopalatine foramen

Nasal Cavity, Palate

Question 9

Infraorbital Artery

Answer 9

Infraorbital Foramen

Supplies the skin below the orbit: branches to the anterior maxillary teeth