Accessory meningeal artery

Accessory meningeal artery
Accessory meningeal artery
	Plan of branches of maxillary artery (accessory meningeal visible top left)
	Plan of branches of maxillary artery
Details
Source	Maxillary artery
Supplies	Meninges
Identifiers
Latin	ramus accessorius arteriae meningeae mediae
TA98	A12.2.05.062
TA2	4432
FMA	79467 49715, 79467
	Anatomical terminology

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 that ascends through the foramen ovale to enter the cranial cavity and supply the dura mater of the floor of the middle cranial fossa and of the trigeminal cave, and to the trigeminal ganglion (representing the main source of artierial blood for this ganglion).^[1]

^ Sinnatamby, Chummy S. (2011). Last's Anatomy (12th ed.). p. 363. ISBN 978-0-7295-3752-0.

[:0223-1] Sinnatamby, Chummy S. (2011). Last's Anatomy (12th ed.). p. 363. ISBN 978-0-7295-3752-0.

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