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.
Petrosal branch of middle meningeal artery | |
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Details | |
Source | Middle meningeal artery |
Identifiers | |
Latin | ramus petrosus arteriae meningeae mediae |
TA98 | A12.2.05.066 |
TA2 | 4436 |
FMA | 49719 |
Anatomical terminology |
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editThis article incorporates text in the public domain from page 560 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)