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| Plan of branches of internal maxillary artery. (Accessory meningeal visible top left) | |
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| Plan of branches of internal maxillary artery | |
| Latin | ramus accessorius arteriae meningeae mediae |
| Gray's | subject #144 561 |
| Supplies | meninges |
| Source | maxillary artery |
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The accessory meningeal artery (also accessory branch of middle meningeal artery, pterygomeningeal artery, small meningeal or parvidural branch) is a branch of the maxillary artery, sometimes derived from the middle meningeal artery.
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Course
It enters the skull through the foramen ovale, and supplies the semilunar ganglion and dura mater.
Nomenclature
Only about 10% of the blood flowing through this artery reaches intracranial structures. [1]
Reflecting this fact, Terminologia Anatomica lists entries for both "accessory branch of middle meningeal artery" and "pterygomeningeal artery".[2]
References
- ^ Vitek J (1989). "Accessory meningeal artery: an anatomic misnomer.". AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 10 (3): 569–73. PMID 2501989.
- ^ Federative Committee on Anatomical Termi (1998). Terminologia Anatomica: International Anatomical Terminology. Thieme Stuttgart. ISBN 3-13-114361-4.
External links
- Dilenge D, Géraud G. "Accessory meningeal artery.". Acta Radiol Suppl 347: 63–9. PMID 207149.
- Norman/Georgetown lesson4 (infratempfossaart)
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