Petrosal branch of middle meningeal artery

The petrosal branch of middle meningeal artery enters the hiatus for greater petrosal nerve, supplies the facial nerve and anastomoses with the stylomastoid branch of the posterior auricular artery.

Petrosal branch of middle meningeal artery
The course and connections of the facial nerve in the temporal bone.
The otic ganglion and its branches.
Details
Source	Middle meningeal artery
Identifiers
Latin	ramus petrosus arteriae meningeae mediae
TA98	A12.2.05.066
TA2	4436
FMA	49719
Anatomical terminology

See also

• stylomastoid artery

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 560 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)