Accessory meningeal artery
- Accessory meningeal artery
Infobox Artery
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Latin = ramus accessorius arteriae meningeae mediae
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GrayPage = 561
Caption = Plan of branches of internal maxillary artery. (Accessory meningeal visible top left)
Caption2 = Plan of branches of internal maxillary artery
BranchFrom = maxillary artery
BranchTo =
Vein =
Supplies = meninges
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DorlandsPre = r_02
DorlandsSuf = 12688628
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.
Course
It enters the skull through the foramen ovale, and supplies the semilunar ganglion and dura mater.
Nomenclature
Only about 10% of the blood flowing through this artery reaches intracranial structures. [cite journal | author = Vitek J | title = Accessory meningeal artery: an anatomic misnomer. | journal = AJNR Am J Neuroradiol | volume = 10 | issue = 3 | pages = 569–73 | year =1989 | pmid = 2501989]
Reflecting this fact, Terminologia Anatomica lists entries for both "accessory branch of middle meningeal artery" and "pterygomeningeal artery".[cite book |author=Federative Committee on Anatomical Termi |title=Terminologia Anatomica: International Anatomical Terminology |publisher=Thieme Stuttgart |location= |year=1998 |pages= |isbn=3-13-114361-4 |oclc= |doi=] ]References
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