Buccal artery

Buccal artery

Branches of the maxillary artery

Plan of branches of maxillary artery
Details
Source Maxillary artery (2nd part)
Branches 7th and 8th posterior intercostal arteries
Supplies Cheek and buccinator muscle
7th and 8th intercostal space
Identifiers
Latin Arteria buccalis, arteria buccinatoria
TA A12.2.05.074
FMA 49754

Anatomical terminology

The buccal artery (buccinator artery) is a small artery in the head. It branches off the second part of the maxillary artery and supplies the cheek and buccinator muscle.

Course

It runs obliquely forward, between the pterygoideus internus and the insertion of the temporalis, to the outer surface of the buccinator, to which it is distributed, anastomosing with branches of the facial artery and with the infraorbital. From the infraorbital area, it descends bilaterally in the superficial face along the lateral margin of the nose, then running anti-parallel to the facial artery across the lateral oral region.

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References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

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