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Direct branch of external carotid: a masseteric artery
1Department of Human Morphology, American University, Beirut.
Gegenbaurs Morphologisches Jahrbuch
|January 1, 1990
Abstract:
An additional branch of the right external carotid in the form of an unusual direct artery to m. masseter is described. It arose as a terminal branch along with the maxillary and superficial temporal arteries, ran in the substance of the parotid gland to supply the muscle on its lateral aspect. The pertinent anatomical literature is reviewed.