Posterior meningeal artery | |
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Details | |
Source | Ascending pharyngeal artery |
Identifiers | |
Latin | arteria meningea posterior |
TA98 | A12.2.05.011 |
TA2 | 4379 |
FMA | 49503 |
Anatomical terminology |
The posterior meningeal artery is one of the meningeal branches of the ascending pharyngeal artery (and is typically considered the terminal branch of said artery). It passes through the jugular foramen to enter the posterior cranial fossa.[1] It is the largest vessel supplying the dura of the posterior cranial fossa.[citation needed]
It may occasionally arise from other arteries (e.g. the occipital artery).[citation needed]
It forms anastomoses with the branches of the middle meningeal artery, and the vertebral artery.[2]
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