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Buccal artery

Artery in the human face

Summary

Artery in the human face

Field	Value
Name	Buccal artery
Latin	arteria buccalis, arteria buccinatoria
Image	Buccal artery.png
Caption	Branches of the maxillary artery
Image2	Gray511.svg
Caption2	Plan of branches of maxillary artery
BranchFrom	Maxillary artery (2nd part)
BranchTo	7th and 8th posterior intercostal arteries
Supplies	Cheek and buccinator muscle

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.

Additional images

file:Gray508.png|The arteries of the face and scalp.

References

Wikipedia Source

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