Accessory meningeal artery | |
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Details | |
Source | Maxillary artery |
Supplies | Meninges |
Identifiers | |
Latin | ramus accessorius arteriae meningeae mediae |
TA98 | A12.2.05.062 |
TA2 | 4432 |
FMA | 79467 49715, 79467 |
Anatomical terminology |
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 that ascends through the foramen ovale to enter the cranial cavity and supply the dura mater of the floor of the middle cranial fossa and of the trigeminal cave, and to the trigeminal ganglion (representing the main source of artierial blood for this ganglion).[1]