Accessory meningeal artery
| Artery: Accessory meningeal artery | |
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| Plan of branches of internal maxillary artery. (Accessory meningeal visible top left) | |
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| Plan of branches of internal maxillary artery | |
| Latin | ramus accessorius arteriae meningeae mediae |
| Gray's | subject #144 561 |
| Supplies | meninges |
| Source | maxillary artery |
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, sometimes derived from the middle meningeal artery.
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[edit] Course
It enters the skull through the foramen ovale, and supplies the semilunar ganglion and dura mater.
[edit] Nomenclature
Only about 10% of the blood flowing through this artery reaches intracranial structures. [1]
Reflecting this fact, Terminologia Anatomica lists entries for both "accessory branch of middle meningeal artery" and "pterygomeningeal artery".[2]
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Dilenge D, Géraud G (1976). "Accessory meningeal artery.". Acta Radiol Suppl 347: 63–9. PMID 207149.
- lesson4 at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University) (infratempfossaart)
This article was originally based on an entry from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy. As such, some of the information contained within it may be outdated.
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