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Head

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Surface

Skeleton

Muscles

Lateral region of the face

N. auriculotemporalis

A temporalis superficialis, • .

R parietalis

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R auricularis (X)

A ; N auricularis •

posterior

N facialis [VII]

A temporalis profunda posterior;

N temporalis profundus

Rr. alveolares superiores

posteriores

N. inf ratroch learis

N. massetericus

N buccalis

N vagus [X]

Ansa cervical is

A carotis communis ♦

A facialis •

N hypoglossus [XII]

Ganglion submandibulare

N mylohyoideus

Glandula sublingualis

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Fig. 136

Arteries and nerves of the head,

deepest lateral regions.

:ig. 137 a-d

Variations in the course

if the maxillary artery, A, maxillaris.

18%

The maxillary artery, A. maxillaris, passes medially to the lateral pterygoid muscle,

M. pterygoideus lateralis, the lingual nerve, N. lingualis, and the inferior alveolar

nerve, N. alveolaris inferior.

The maxillary artery, A. maxillaris, passes between the lingual nerve, N. lingualis,

and the inferior alveolar nerve, N. alveolaris inferior.

The maxillary artery, A. maxillaris, passes through a loop formed by the inferior

alveolar nerve, N. alveolaris inferior.

The middle meningeal artery, A. meningea media, branches off distal to the

inferior alveolar artery, A. alveolaris inferior.