A case of a divided maxillary artery in the infratemporal Fossa

Okajimas Folia Anatomica Japonica

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 97-101

  Tadokoro, Osamu ^a   Umemura, Yasunobu ^a   Utsuno, Hajime ^a   Inoue, Katsuhiro ^a  

^a MATSUMOTO DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Deep branch; Lateral pterygoid muscle; Mandibular nerve; Maxillary artery; Superficial branch

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DISSECTION; EXTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; HEAD; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; JAW; MALE; MANDIBLE; MASTICATORY MUSCLE; MAXILLARY ARTERY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; VASCULARIZATION;

CADAVER; CAROTID ARTERY, EXTERNAL; DISSECTION; HEAD; HUMANS; JAW; MALE; MANDIBLE; MASTICATORY MUSCLES; MAXILLARY ARTERY; MIDDLE AGED; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

EID: 63149189797     PISSN: 0030154X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2535/ofaj.85.97     Document Type: Article

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