pterygomeningeal artery (accessory meningeal artery)

Origin: 1) maxillary artery 2) middle meningeal artery Distribution: 1) intracranial a) trigeminal ganglion b) dura mater & bone of floor of middle cranial fossa 2) extracranial (main distribution) a) pterygoid muscle b) tensor tympani muscle c) sphenoid bone d) mandibular nerves e) otic ganglion Course: -> traverses foramen ovale to enter the cranial cavity

Properties

FORM: pterygomeningeal artery (accessory meningeal artery) ORIGIN: maxillary artery middle meningeal artery

References

Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999

Components

intima; tunica intima tunica media vascular endothelium