arteria maxillaris

Thesaurus

Noun

1.arteria maxillaris - either of two arteries branching from the external carotid artery and supplying structure of the facemaxillary arteryarteria, arterial blood vessel, artery - a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the bodyarteria facialis, external maxillary artery, facial artery - an artery that originates in the external carotid and gives off branches that supply the neck and faceinternal maxillary artery - the maxillary artery that supplies deep structure of the face and some of the meninges