MAXILLARY ARTERY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does maxillary artery mean? 

• MAXILLARY ARTERY (noun)
  The noun MAXILLARY ARTERY has 1 sense:

1. either of two arteries branching from the external carotid artery and supplying structure of the face

  Familiarity information: MAXILLARY ARTERY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MAXILLARY ARTERY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Either of two arteries branching from the external carotid artery and supplying structure of the face

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

arteria maxillaris; maxillary artery

Hypernyms ("maxillary artery" is a kind of...):

arteria; arterial blood vessel; artery (a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "maxillary artery"):

arteria facialis; external maxillary artery; facial artery (an artery that originates in the external carotid and gives off branches that supply the neck and face)

internal maxillary artery (the maxillary artery that supplies deep structure of the face and some of the meninges)

 Context examples 

A branch of the maxillary artery that is found in the gingiva, premolars, and molars.

(Alveolar Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

An artery arising from the third portion of the maxillary artery at the trunk and running along the infraorbital canal with the superior maxillary nerve to supply the inferior rectus and inferior oblique muscles, lacrimal gland, the upper teeth, and parts of the nose and orbit.

(Infraorbital Artery, NCI Thesaurus)