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  2. Maxillary artery - Wikipedia

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    The maxillary artery, the larger of the two terminal branches of the external carotid artery, arises behind the neck of the mandible, and is at first imbedded in the substance of the parotid gland; it passes forward between the ramus of the mandible and the sphenomandibular ligament, and then runs, either superficial or deep to the lateral pterygoid muscle, to the pterygopalatine fossa.

  3. Facial artery - Wikipedia

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    The facial artery, formerly called the external maxillary artery, is a branch of the external carotid artery that supplies blood to superficial structures of the medial regions of the face. Structure [ edit ]

  4. Pterygoid branches of maxillary artery - Wikipedia

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    Branches of the maxillary artery. References. This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 561 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

  5. Middle meningeal artery - Wikipedia

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    After branching off the maxillary artery in the infratemporal fossa, it runs through the foramen spinosum to supply the dura mater (the outer meningeal layer) and the calvaria. The middle meningeal artery is the largest of the three (paired) arteries that supply the meninges, the others being the anterior meningeal artery and the posterior ...

  6. Descending palatine artery - Wikipedia

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    It descends through the greater palatine canal with the greater and lesser palatine branches of the pterygopalatine ganglion, and, emerging from the greater palatine foramen, runs forward in a groove on the medial side of the alveolar border of the hard palate to the incisive canal; the terminal branch of the artery passes upward through this canal to anastomose with the sphenopalatine artery.

  7. Sphenopalatine artery - Wikipedia

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    The sphenopalatine artery is the artery commonly responsible for epistaxis (difficult to control bleeding of the nasal cavity, especially the posterior nasal cavity). [3] In severe nose bleed cases which do not stop after intense packing of anti-clotting agents, the sphenopalatine artery can be ligated (clipped and then cut) during open surgery ...

  8. External carotid artery - Wikipedia

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    The external carotid artery is the major artery of the head and upper neck. It arises from the common carotid artery . It terminates by splitting into the superficial temporal and maxillary artery within the parotid gland .

  9. Posterior superior alveolar artery - Wikipedia

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    The posterior superior alveolar artery (posterior dental artery) is a branch of the maxillary artery. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is one of two or three superior alveolar arteries. It provides arterial supply to the molar and premolar teeth, maxillary sinus and adjacent bone, and the gingiva .