Buccal artery
The arteria buccalis ("cheek artery") is an artery of the head and one of the branches of the middle section of the arteria maxillaris . It extends between the medial pterygoid muscle and the insertion of the temporalis muscle on the outer surface of the buccinator muscle , where it branches out and anastomoses with the facial and infraorbital arteries .
The buccal artery supplies the cheek .
Literature and Sources
- Theodor H. Schiebler (Ed.): Anatomie. Histology, history of development, macroscopic and microscopic anatomy, topography. Taking into account the item catalog. 9th, completely revised edition. Springer, Heidelberg 2005, ISBN 3-540-21966-8 .
- Uwe Gille: Cardiovascular and immune system, Angiologia. In: Franz-Viktor Salomon, Hans Geyer, Uwe Gille (Ed.): Anatomy for veterinary medicine. 2nd, revised and expanded edition. Enke, Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 978-3-8304-1075-1 , pp. 404-463.