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Variations in the course of the maxillary artery in Japanese adults

Many authors have studied variation in the maxillary artery but there have been inconsistencies between reported observations. The present research aimed to examine the courses and branching patterns of the trunk and branches of the maxillary artery in a large sample of Japanese adult cadavers. The...

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Autores principales: Maeda, Shingo, Aizawa, Yukio, Kumaki, Katsuji, Kageyama, Ikuo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Japan 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3505518/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23011579
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12565-012-0146-x
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author Maeda, Shingo
Aizawa, Yukio
Kumaki, Katsuji
Kageyama, Ikuo
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description Many authors have studied variation in the maxillary artery but there have been inconsistencies between reported observations. The present research aimed to examine the courses and branching patterns of the trunk and branches of the maxillary artery in a large sample of Japanese adult cadavers. The course of the maxillary artery should be reclassified into seven groups as a clear relationship was found between the origin of the middle meningeal artery and the course of the maxillary artery. This indicates that conventional theory about the formation of the maxillary artery, which was considered to be a direct derivative of the stapedial artery, might be inaccurate. Many variations in the origin of the inferior alveolar artery were found. Notably, the inferior alveolar artery origin from the external carotid artery and a double origin of the inferior alveolar artery was also observed. Thus, the maxillary artery might be derived from a combination of both the external carotid and stapedial arteries.
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spelling pubmed-35055182012-11-28 Variations in the course of the maxillary artery in Japanese adults Maeda, Shingo Aizawa, Yukio Kumaki, Katsuji Kageyama, Ikuo Anat Sci Int Original Article Many authors have studied variation in the maxillary artery but there have been inconsistencies between reported observations. The present research aimed to examine the courses and branching patterns of the trunk and branches of the maxillary artery in a large sample of Japanese adult cadavers. The course of the maxillary artery should be reclassified into seven groups as a clear relationship was found between the origin of the middle meningeal artery and the course of the maxillary artery. This indicates that conventional theory about the formation of the maxillary artery, which was considered to be a direct derivative of the stapedial artery, might be inaccurate. Many variations in the origin of the inferior alveolar artery were found. Notably, the inferior alveolar artery origin from the external carotid artery and a double origin of the inferior alveolar artery was also observed. Thus, the maxillary artery might be derived from a combination of both the external carotid and stapedial arteries. Springer Japan 2012-07-22 2012 /pmc/articles/PMC3505518/ /pubmed/23011579 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12565-012-0146-x Text en © The Author(s) 2012 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits any use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and the source are credited.
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title_short Variations in the course of the maxillary artery in Japanese adults
title_sort variations in the course of the maxillary artery in japanese adults
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3505518/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23011579
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