An artery that branches from the maxillary artery and supplies blood to structures in the auditory tube, tympanic cavity, and upper pharynx. The artery of the pterygoid canal courses through the pterygoid canal, a small bony canal located in the sphenoid bone of the skull. [ wikipedia:Artery_of_the_pterygoid_canal ]
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- head blood vessel
- artery
- part of some face
- connecting branch of some maxillary artery
- part of some system
- vessel supplies blood to some middle ear and vessel supplies blood to some pharyngotympanic tube and vessel supplies blood to some pharynx