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Descriptor English: Maxillary Artery
Descriptor Spanish: Arteria Maxilar
Descriptor arteria maxilar
Scope note: Ramificación de la arteria carótida externa la cual irriga las estructuras profundas de la cara (maxilar interna) y el lado de la cara y la nariz (maxilar externa).
Descriptor Portuguese: Artéria Maxilar
Descriptor French: Artère maxillaire
Entry term(s): Arteries, Maxillary
Artery, Maxillary
Maxillary Arteries
Tree number(s): A07.015.114.523
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008438
Scope note: A branch of the external carotid artery which distributes to the deep structures of the face (internal maxillary) and to the side of the face and nose (external maxillary).
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
CH chemistry
CY cytology
DE drug effects
DG diagnostic imaging
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
IM immunology
IN injuries
IR innervation
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
SU surgery
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
DeCS ID: 8606
Unique ID: D008438
NLM Classification: WG 595.M2
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2018/06/30
Maxillary Artery - Preferred
Concept UI M0013131
Scope note A branch of the external carotid artery which distributes to the deep structures of the face (internal maxillary) and to the side of the face and nose (external maxillary).
Preferred term Maxillary Artery
Entry term(s) Arteries, Maxillary
Artery, Maxillary
Maxillary Arteries



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