maxillary artery

Terminal branch of external carotid artery along with superficial temporal artery. Origin: external carotid artery Branches: 1) retromandibular part a) deep auricular artery b) anterior tympanic artery 2) infratemporal part a) middle meningeal artery b) inferior alveolar artery c) masseteric artery d) deep temporal artery e) buccal artery 3) pterygopalatine part a) posterior superior alveolar artery b) infraorbital artery c) descending palatine artery d) artery of pterygoid canal e) sphenopalatine artery

Properties

FORM: maxillary artery BRANCHES: middle meningeal artery ORIGIN: external carotid artery

References

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

Components

intima; tunica intima tunica media vascular endothelium