PTERYGOID VENOUS PLEXUS

Question 1

located ?

Answer 1

Located partly between the temporalis

and the pterygoid muscles

Question 2

considered to be

Answer 2

• It is considered to be the venous 
equivalent of the maxillary artery i.e.
most of the veins that accompany the 
branches of the maxillary artery drain 
into this venous plexus

Question 3

it anastomoses anteriorly with the

Answer 3

with the
facial vein via the deep facial vein and
superiorly with the cavernous sinus
via emissary veins