ARTERIES. 456 being covered by the ramus of the lower jaw, and lower part of the Temporal muscle. * * In the third part of its course (spheno-maxillary portion), it approaches the superior maxillary bone, and enters the spheno-maxillary fossa, in the interval between the processes of origin of the… … Peculiarities. Occasionally, this artery passes between the two Pterygoid muscles. The vessel in this case passes forwards to the interval between the processes of origin of the External Pterygoid, in order to reach the maxillary bone. Sometimes the vessel escapes from beneath the External…
Human anatomy
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