Buccal artery

The buccal artery (buccinator artery) is a small artery in the head. It branches off the second part of the maxillary artery and supplies the cheek and buccinator muscle.

Buccal artery
Branches of the maxillary artery
Plan of branches of maxillary artery
Details
Source	Maxillary artery (2nd part)
Branches	7th and 8th posterior intercostal arteries
Supplies	Cheek and buccinator muscle
Identifiers
Latin	arteria buccalis, arteria buccinatoria
TA98	A12.2.05.074
TA2	4443
FMA	49754
Anatomical terminology [edit on Wikidata]

Course

It runs obliquely forward, between the pterygoideus internus and the insertion of the temporalis, to the outer surface of the buccinator, to which it is distributed, anastomosing with branches of the facial artery and with the infraorbital. From the infraorbital area, it descends bilaterally in the superficial face along the lateral margin of the nose, then running anti-parallel to the facial artery across the lateral oral region.

Additional images

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  The arteries of the face and scalp.

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 561 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

External links

• lesson4 at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University) (infratempfossaart)