Anterior superior alveolar arteries

Artery: Anterior superior alveolar arteries
Latin	arteriae alveolares superiores anteriores
Gray's	subject #144 562
Supplies	dental alveolus
Source	infraorbital artery
Dorlands / Elsevier	a_61/12153432

The anterior superior alveolar arteries originate from the infraorbital artery; they supply the upper incisors and canines; they also supply the mucous membrane of the maxillary sinus.

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sup. thyroid	superior laryngeal - sternocleidomastoid branch - infrahyoid branch - cricothyroid branch - glandular branches

asc. pharyngeal	posterior meningeal - pharyngeal branches - inferior tympanic

lingual	suprahyoid - dorsal lingual - deep lingual - sublingual

facial	cervical branches (ascending palatine, tonsillar, submental, glandular) - facial branches (inferior labial, superior labial/nasal septum, lateral nasal, angular)

occipital	sternocleidomastoid - meningeal - occipital - auricular - descending

post. auricular	stylomastoid - stapedial - auricular - occipital

sup. temporal	transverse facial - middle temporal (zygomatico-orbital) - anterior auricular - frontal - parietal

maxillary	1st part/mandibular: anterior tympanic - deep auricular - middle meningeal (superior tympanic, petrosal) - accessory meningeal - inferior alveolar (mental, mylohyoid) 2nd part/pterygoid: to muscles of mastication (deep temporal, pterygoid, masseteric) - buccal 3rd part/pterygopalatine: posterior superior alveolar - infraorbital (anterior superior alveolar) - descending palatine (greater palatine, lesser palatine) - artery of the pterygoid canal - sphenopalatine (posterior septal branches, posterior lateral nasal)

CC/IC

cervical	carotid sinus

petrous	Vidian - caroticotympanic

cavernous/ ophthalmic	orbital group: posterior ethmoidal - anterior ethmoidal (anterior septal, anterior lateral nasal, anterior meningeal) - lacrimal (lateral palpebral) - medial palpebral - terminal (supraorbital, supratrochlear, dorsal nasal) ocular group: central retinal - ciliary (short posterior, long posterior, anterior) - hypophysial (superior, inferior)

cerebral/Willis	ACA (anterior communicating) - MCA (anterolateral central, lenticulostriate) - posterior communicating - anterior choroidal

vertebral artery	meningeal - spinal (posterior, anterior) - cerebellar (PICA) basilar: pontine - labyrinthine - cerebellar (AICA, SCA) - cerebral (PCA)

thyrocervical trunk	inferior thyroid: inferior laryngeal - tracheal - esophageal - ascending cervical - pharyngeal - glandular branches transverse cervical: superficial branch - deep branch/dorsal scapular suprascapular: acromial branch

costocervical trunk	deep cervical

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