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Petrosal branch of middle meningeal artery

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Petrosal branch of middle meningeal artery
The course and connections of the facial nerve in the temporal bone.
The otic ganglion and its branches.
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SourceMiddle meningeal artery
Identifiers
Latinramus petrosus arteriae meningeae mediae
TA98A12.2.05.066
TA24436
FMA49719
Anatomical terminology[edit on Wikidata]

The petrosal branch of middle meningeal artery enters the hiatus for greater petrosal nerve, supplies the facial nerve and anastomoses with the stylomastoid branch of the posterior auricular artery.

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References

Public domain This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 560 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

Arteries of the head and neck
CCA
ECA
sup. thyroid
asc. pharyngeal
lingual
facial
occipital
post. auricular
supf. temporal
maxillary
1st part / mandibular
2nd part / pterygoid
3rd part / pterygopalatine
ICA
cervical
petrous
cavernous/
ophthalmic

ocular group: central retinal

brain
ScA
vertebral artery
thyrocervical trunk
inferior thyroid
transverse cervical
suprascapular
costocervical trunk
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