In human anatomy, the maxillary artery is the larger terminal branch of the external carotid artery. It rises behind the neck of the mandible and is at first imbedded in the partoid gland. It passes forwards between the neck of the mandible and the sphenomandibular ligament and then to the Lateral pterygoid and enters the pterygopalatine fossa between the two heads of that muscle. Research Maxillary artery
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Abbreviations
Research Maxillary artery
