Inferior alveolar artery

Dr Henry Knipe ◉ ◈ et al.

The inferior alveolar artery is a branch of the maxillary artery. It runs with the inferior alveolar nerve as it descends through the infratemporal fossa and enters the mandibular canal and supplies mandibular teeth. In the region of the first premolar it bifurcates into the incisive and mental branches.

References

Anatomy: Head and neck

skeleton of the head and neck
- cranial vault
  - scalp (mnemonic)
    - galea aponeurotica
  - sutures
    - calvarial
    - facial
      - frontozygomatic suture
      - frontomaxillary suture
      - frontolacrimal suture
      - frontonasal suture
      - temporozygomatic suture
      - zygomaticomaxillary suture
      - parietotemporal suture (parietomastoid suture)
      - occipitotemporal suture (occipitomastoid suture)
      - sphenofrontal suture
      - sphenozygomatic suture
      - spheno-occipital suture (not a true suture)
      - lacrimomaxillary suture
      - nasomaxillary suture
      - internasal suture
    - basal/internal
  - skull landmarks
    - nasion
    - glabella
    - bregma
    - vertex
    - lambda
    - inion
    - pterion
    - asterion
    - basion
    - opisthion
    - obelion
  - frontal bone
    - supratrochlear foramen
    - supraorbital foramen
  - temporal bone
  - parietal bone
    - parietal foramen
  - occipital bone
    - clivus
      - inferior median clival canal
        foveola pharyngica recess
    - occipital condyle
- skull base (foramina)
- facial bones
  - midline single bones
  - paired bilateral bones
- cervical spine
- hyoid bone
- laryngeal cartilages
muscles of the head and neck
deep spaces of the neck
surgical triangles of the neck
- anterior triangle
- posterior triangle
  - occipital triangle
  - supraclavicular triangle
orbit
ear
paranasal sinuses
nose
oral cavity
pharynx
larynx
- supraglottic space
- glottis
  - true vocal cords
    - anterior commissure of the larynx
  subglottic space
viscera of the neck
blood supply of the head and neck
- arterial supply
  - common carotid artery
- venous drainage
innervation of the head and neck
- cranial nerves
- parasympathetic ganglia of the head and neck
- greater occipital nerve
- cervical plexus
  - muscular branches
    - longus capitis
    - longus colli
    - scalenes
    - geniohyoid
    - thyrohyoid
    - ansa cervicalis
      - omohyoid (superior and inferior bellies separately)
      - sternothyroid
      - sternohyoid
    - phrenic nerve
      - accessory phrenic nerve
    - contribution to the accessory nerve (CN XI)
  - cutaneous branches
- brachial plexus
- pharyngeal plexus
lymphatic drainage of the head and neck

Article information

rID: 43826

System: Vascular, Head & Neck

Section: Anatomy

Tag: cases, refs

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