Preferred Label : buccal artery;
Uberon definition : The buccal artery (buccinator artery) is small and runs obliquely forward, between
the Pterygoideus internus and the insertion of the Temporalis, to the outer surface
of the Buccinator, to which it is distributed, anastomosing with branches of the external
maxillary and with the infraorbital. [WP,unvetted].;
Origin ID : 0001618;
UMLS CUI : C0226151;
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The buccal artery (buccinator artery) is small and runs obliquely forward, between
the Pterygoideus internus and the insertion of the Temporalis, to the outer surface
of the Buccinator, to which it is distributed, anastomosing with branches of the external
maxillary and with the infraorbital. [WP,unvetted].
