Topography
Organ areas
S ections
Maxillary artery
N supraorbitalis, R lateralis
N. infratrochlearis
• A. infraorbitalis
N infraorbitalis
A tympanica anterior •
A occipitalis •
A. maxillaris •
N buccal is
• A. buccalis
A, carotis externa •
• R mentalis
• A. facialis
N mylohyoideus
• A temporalis profunda posterior;
N temporalis profundus
N. supraorbitalis, R medialis
• A. supratrochlearis
N supratrochlearis
• A angularis
N. ethmoidalis
anterior, R nasalis
externus
A. temporalis media •
A. temporalis superficial, •
R parietalis
A. zygomatico- •
orbitalis
Rr alveolares
superiores
posteriores
Rr. dentales;
»
Rr. peridentales
A. alveolaris
superior
posterior
A transversa •
faciei
Meatus acusticus
externus
N meatus acustici
externi
N vagus [X],
s
R auricularis
N auriculotemporal is
N. facialis [VII]
A stylomastoidea •
A auricularis posterior •
A. auricularis profunda •
A meningea media •
N mylohyoideus
• A. facialis
N mentalis
•
A.; N alveolaris inferior
pterygoideus medialis
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Fig. 136
Arteries and nerves of the head;
deeper lateral regions.
A. temporalis
superficialis
A meningea media
M pterygoideus lateralis
Proc
coronoideus
articu aris
Proc
A auricularis
N. alveolaris interior
N lingualis
a
60
%
A. alveolaris
inferior
A carotis
externa
b
3%
c
3%
Fig. 135 a-c
Variations of the middle
a
The middle meningeal artery, A. meningea media, branches off proximal to the
meningeal artery, A. meningea media.
inferior alveolar artery, A alveolaris inferior.
b
The middle meningeal artery. A. meningea media, branches off across from the inferior
alveolar artery, A. alveolaris inferior.
c
The middle meningeal artery, A. meningea media, branches off distal to the inferior
alveolar artery, A. alveolaris inferior.
