Posterior meningeal artery

Posterior meningeal artery
Artery: Posterior meningeal artery
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Posterior meningeal groove labeled at bottom left.
Latin arteria meningea posterior
Gray's subject #144 558
Source ascending pharyngeal artery   

The posterior meningeal arteries are small vessels which are branches of the ascending pharyngeal artery which supply the dura mater.

It passes through the mastoid foramen before entering the cranium via the jugular foramen.

See also

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 As such, some of the information contained within it may be outdated.

v · d · eList of arteries of head and neck (TA A12.2.05–08, GA 6.549)
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posterior meningeal · pharyngeal branches · inferior tympanic
cervical branches (ascending palatine, tonsillar, submental, glandular) · facial branches (inferior labial, superior labial / nasal septum, lateral nasal, angular)
1st part / mandibular
2nd part / pterygoid
3rd part / pterygopalatine

orbital group:anterior ethmoidal (anterior septal, anterior lateral nasal, anterior meningeal) · posterior ethmoidal · lacrimal (lateral palpebral) · medial palpebral · terminal (supraorbital, supratrochlear, dorsal nasal)

ocular group: central retinal · ciliary (short posterior, long posterior, anterior) · hypophysial (superior, inferior)
ACA (anterior communicating, medial striate) · MCA (anterolateral central, Orbitofrontal artery, Prefrontal artery, Superior terminal branch, Inferior terminal branch, Anterior temporal branch) · posterior communicating · anterior choroidal
SC
meningeal · spinal (posterior, anterior) · basilar: pontine · labyrinthine · cerebellar (AICA, SCA, PICA)  · cerebral (PCA)

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