Endosteal blood supply of the mandible: anatomical study of nutrient vessels in the condylar neck accessory foramina.

Matthieu Olivetto Jérémie Bettoni Jérôme DuisitLouis CheninJebrane Bouaoud Stéphanie Dakpe Bernard Devauchelle Benoît Lengelé

Published in: Surgical and radiologic anatomy : SRA (2019)

The maxillary artery indeed provided both endosteal and periosteal blood supply to the condylar neck, with three different branches: an intramedullary ascending artery (arising from the inferior alveolar artery), a direct nutrient branch and some pterygoid osteomuscular branches.

Keyphrases

pulmonary artery
coronary artery
pulmonary arterial hypertension
aortic dissection