Maxillary artery

Tags: Anatomical Structure, Artery.

The maxillary artery supplies deep structures of the face. It branches from the external carotid artery just deep to the neck of the mandible.

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branch from: External carotid artery
branch to: Anterior tympanic artery
Dorlands prefix: a_61
Dorlands suffix: 12154985
Gray page: 559
Gray subject: 144
precursor: Aortic arches
vein: Maxillary veins

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