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maxillary artery

maxillary artery

1 5.5
A blood vessel from the side of the neck that supplies blood to the face, jaw and mouth
  • noun
  • /ˈmæksɪˌlɛri ˈɑrteri/
  • Specialized
translation icon : arteria maxilar
  • An injury to the maxillary artery can lead to significant swelling in the face.
  • internal maxillary artery
  • distal maxillary artery
  • maxillary artery embolization

Examples

  • Figure 2: Angiogram of the internal maxillary artery

    Academic text (2003)

  • Post-embolization angiography showed complete occlusion of the left internal maxillary artery and its distal branches.

    Academic text (1995)

  • Patient 2: A: Left internal maxillary artery, pre-embolization; B: Post-embolization, showing complete occlusion.

    Academic text (1995)

  • The left distal internal maxillary artery was then embolized with Gelfoam pledgets.

    Academic text (2002)

  • Two cases of intractable epistaxis, which were definitively treated with internal maxillary artery embolization, are presented with an algorithm for the management of similar cases.

    Academic text (1995)

  • Only one of our three patients (patient 3) experienced any significant vascular injury: a distal internal maxillary artery laceration that was detected and treated.

    Academic text (2002)

  • Two patients with intractable epistaxis who were definitively treated with internal maxillary artery embolization are presented, and the efficacy of this treatment is discussed.

    Academic text (1995)

  • Postembolization angiography revealed complete occlusion of both the left distal internal maxillary artery and the left facial artery (Figure 3, C).

    Academic text (2002)

  • The maxillary artery supplies blood to the jaw and cheeks.

  • During the surgery, the doctor carefully avoided damaging the maxillary artery.

Synonyms

arteria maxillaris
vsmaxillary artery
  • Specialized
9.9

A blood vessel that supplies the upper jaw, teeth, and face

is the common English term rather than the Latin form
internal maxillary artery
vsmaxillary artery
  • Archaic
7.4

A blood vessel that carries blood to deep parts of the face and to the covering of the brain

focuses on wider face, jaw, and mouth regions rather than deep internal areas

Surface Forms

maxillary artery singular
maxillary arteries plural

Morphology

maxillary + artery

The noun is a straightforward compositional combination of the adjective 'maxillary' (pertaining to the upper jaw) and 'artery' (a blood vessel), so its meaning — an artery supplying the maxilla/upper jaw area — is directly derivable from the parts. Although medical, the semantic composition follows regular English noun+modifier patterns and is cross-linguistically transparent, so a learner who knows both constituents will understand the term.

Etymology

Maxillary artery is named because maxillary means 'upper jaw' and artery means a 'blood vessel'. The artery goes to the upper jaw and face, so the name means 'the blood vessel that gives blood to the upper jaw'.