Bhat, Kavya and Madhyastha, Sampath and *, Balakrishnan R (2013) Course of the Maxillary artery through the loop of the auriculotemporal nerve. Rev Arg de Anat Clin, 5 (3). pp. 235-239.

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Abstract

Variations in the course of the maxillary artery are often described with its relations to the lateral pterygoid muscle. In the present case we report a unique variation in the course of the maxillary artery which was not reported before. In a 75 years old male cadaver the right maxillary artery passed through the loop of the auriculotemporal nerve. The middle meningeal artery was arising from the maxillary artery within the nerve loop of auriculotemporal nerve. Further the maxillary artery passed deep to the inferior alveolar nerve but superficial to the lingual nerve. The knowledge of these variations is important for surgeons and it would also explain the possible involvement of these variations in etiology of the craniomandibular pain.

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