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Masseteric artery

Masseteric artery
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Plan of branches of internal maxillary artery. (Masseteric visible at bottom center.)
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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
Dorlands
/Elsevier
a_61/12154978
TA A12.2.05.070
FMA 49739
Anatomical terminology
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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.

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



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