Posterior superior alveolar artery

The posterior superior alveolar artery (posterior dental artery) is given off from the maxillary, frequently in conjunction with the infraorbital artery just as the trunk of the vessel is passing into the pterygopalatine fossa.

Posterior superior alveolar artery
Plan of branches of maxillary artery
Plan of branches of maxillary artery. (Post. sup. alveolar in lower right.)
Details
Branchesbranches to alveolar canals
branches to gingiva
Suppliesmolar and premolar teeth
lining of the maxillary sinus
gingiva
Identifiers
Latinarteria alveolaris superior posterior
TA98A12.2.05.075
TA24444
FMA49757
Anatomical terminology

Branches

Descending upon the tuberosity of the maxilla, it divides into numerous branches, it descends on the posterior surface of the maxilla and gives branches that supply the molar and premolar teeth and the lining of the maxillary sinus, while others are continued forward on the alveolar process to supply the gingiva.

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References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 562 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)


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