THE MAXILLARY ARTERY

Question 1

TERMINAL branch of

Answer 1

Terminal branch of the ECA

Question 2

enters the infratemporal fossa by

Answer 2

y passing
forwards deep to the neck of the mandible,
between the neck and the sphenomandibular
ligament

Question 3

its relations

Answer 3

The auriculotemporal nerve lies above it

• Maxillary vein below

Question 4

subdivided into

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Before the lateral pterygoid
• Adjacent to the lateral pterygoid
• After the lateral pterygoid muscle

Question 5

it runs to the lower head and passes anteriorly between

Answer 5

the two heads of the lateral

pterygoid muscle

Question 6

it then passes deep into the pterygomaxillary fissurre and so

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so into the pterygopalatine fossa

Question 7

MA branches mnemonics

Answer 7

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Question 8

first branch(mandibular)
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Answer 8

1. deep auricular artery
2. anterior tympanic artery
3. middle meningeal artery
4. inferior meningeal artery
5. accessory meningeal artery

Question 9

second branch(pterygoid)
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Answer 9

1. masseteric artery
2. pterygoid branches
3. deep temporal arteries
4. buccal artery

Question 10

third branch(pterygopalatine)
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Answer 10

1. spenopalatine artery
2. decending palatine artery
3. infra-orbital artery
4. posterior superior alveolar artery
5. pharyngeal branch
6. artery of pteygoid canal