Maxillary artery: Part 1 Branches Flashcards
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Maxillary artery: Part 1
Branches
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Deep auricular a.
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Often with ant tympanic artery
Pass in parotid, behind TMJ through wall of ext acoustic meatus
Supplies outer surface of tympanic membrane
Branch to TMJ
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Anterior tympanic a.
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Ascends behind TMJ
To medial of tympanic membrane
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Middle meningeal
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Largest
Foramen spinosum
Branches to:
- Trigeminal ganglion
- Facial n. and tympanic cavity
- Superior tympanic to tensor tympani
- Dura mater
5
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Accessory meningeal a.
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From maxillary or meningeal a.
Foramen Ovale
Supplies extracranial
6
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Inferior alveolar n.
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Mylohyoid branch
Lingual branch - With lingual n. to mucosa
Mandibular foramen
