Masseteric artery

Masseteric artery

Plan of branches of internal maxillary artery. (Masseteric visible at bottom center.)

The arteries of the face and scalp. (Masseteric artery not labeled, but masseter muscle visible near center.)
Details
Source maxillary artery
Supplies Masseter muscle
Identifiers
Latin arteria masseterica
TA A12.2.05.070
FMA 49739

Anatomical terminology

The masseteric artery is small and passes laterally through the mandibular notch to the deep surface of the masseter muscle, which it supplies.

It anastomoses with the masseteric branches of the external maxillary artery and with the transverse facial artery.

Branches of the maxillary artery

See also

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)


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