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middle meningeal artery
The largest of meningeal arteries.
Origin: maxillary artery
Branches:
1) petrosal
2) superior tympanic artery
3) frontal
4) parietal artery
Distribution:
1) frontal bone
2) parietal bone
3) petrosal & superior tympanic part of temporal bone
4) anterior & middle cranial fossa (via terminal branches)
Anastomoses:
1) meningeal branches of the occipital artery
2) ascending pharyngeal artery
3) ophthalmic artery
4) lacrimal artery
5) stylomastoid artery
6) accessory meningeal branch of the maxillary artery
7) deep temporal artery
Course: travels in the periosteum & supplies overlying bone
Pathology:
-> skull fracture tearing a branch of the middle meningeal artery can result in epidural hematoma
Related
epidural hematoma
middle meningeal vein
General
blood vessel
Properties
FORM: middle meningeal artery
ORIGIN: maxillary artery
References
- Barr. the Human Nervous System. Harper & Row 2nd ed., 1974
- Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
Components
intima; tunica intima
tunica media
vascular endothelium