pterygomeningeal artery (accessory meningeal artery)

Origin

• maxillary artery
• middle meningeal artery

Course

• traverses foramen ovale to enter the cranial cavity

Distribution

• intracranial
  • trigeminal ganglion
  • dura mater & bone of floor of middle cranial fossa
• extracranial (main distribution)
  • pterygoid muscle
  • tensor tympani muscle
  • sphenoid bone
  • mandibular nerves
  • otic ganglion

More general terms

• artery

Additional terms

• foramen ovale