Latin arteria masseterica TA A12.2.05.070 | Dorlands/Elsevier a_61/12154978 FMA 49739 | |
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The masseteric artery is small and passes laterally through the mandibular notch to the deep surface of the masseter muscle, which it supplies.
It anastomoses with the masseteric branches of the external maxillary artery and with the transverse facial artery.
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