The masseteric artery is small and passes laterally through the mandibular notch to the deep surface of the

masseter muscle In human anatomy, the masseter is one of the muscles of mastication. Found only in mammals, it is particularly powerful in herbivores to facilitate chewing of plant matter. The most obvious muscle of mastication is the masseter muscle, since it ...

, which it supplies. It anastomoses with the masseteric branches of the external maxillary artery and with the

transverse facial artery The transverse facial artery is an artery that branches from the superficial temporal artery and runs across the face. Course The transverse facial artery is given off from the superficial temporal artery before that vessel leaves the parotid glan ...

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Arteries of the head and neck {{circulatory-stub

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