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maxillary artery ThesaurusNoun | 1. | maxillary artery - either of two arteries branching from the external carotid artery and supplying structure of the facearteria maxillarisarteria, arterial blood vessel, artery - a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the bodyarteria facialis, external maxillary artery, facial artery - an artery that originates in the external carotid and gives off branches that supply the neck and faceinternal maxillary artery - the maxillary artery that supplies deep structure of the face and some of the meninges |
maxillary artery
maxillary artery[′mak·sə‚ler·ē ′ärd·ə·rē] (anatomy) A branch of the external carotid artery which supplies the deep structures of the face (internal maxillary) and the side of the face and nose (external maxillary). maxillary artery
max·il·lar·y ar·ter·y [TA] primary artery of the infratemporal fossa; origin, external carotid; branches, first (retromandibular) part: deep auricular, anterior tympanic; second (infratemporal part: middle meningeal, inferior alveolar, masseteric, deep temporal, buccal; third (pterygopalatine) part: posterior superior alveolar, infraorbital, descending palatine, artery of pterygoid canal, sphenopalatine. Synonym(s): arteria maxillaris [TA], internal maxillary arterymax·il·lar·y ar·te·ry (mak'si-lar-ē ahr'tĕr-ē) [TA] Origin, external carotid; branches, deep auricular, anterior tympanic, middle meningeal, inferior alveolar, masseteric, deep temporal, buccal, posterior superior alveolar, infraorbital, descending palatine, artery of pterygoid canal, sphenopalatine. Synonym(s): arteria maxillaris [TA] . max·il·lar·y ar·te·ry (mak'si-lar-ē ahr'tĕr-ē) [TA] Primary artery of the infratemporal fossa.maxillary artery Related to maxillary artery: mandibular nerveSynonyms for maxillary arterynoun either of two arteries branching from the external carotid artery and supplying structure of the faceSynonymsRelated Words- arteria
- arterial blood vessel
- artery
- arteria facialis
- external maxillary artery
- facial artery
- internal maxillary artery
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