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Definition of Posterior meningeal artery
1. Noun. Branch of the ascending pharyngeal artery that supplies the dura mater of the posterior cranial fossa.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Posterior Meningeal Artery
Literary usage of Posterior meningeal artery
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Anatomical terminology, with special reference to the (B N A): With Special by Lewellys Franklin Barker (1907)
"... Anterior ramus Posterior ramus Glandular rami Ascending pharyngeal artery
posterior meningeal artery Pharyngeal rami Inferior tympanic artery Lingual ..."
2. An Elementary Treatise on Human Anatomy by Joseph Leidy (1889)
"... gives off the posterior meningeal, posterior and anterior spinal, and posterior
inferior cerebellar arteries. The posterior meningeal artery,1 a small ..."
3. Surgical Anatomy of the Head and Neck by John Blair Deaver (1904)
"The posterior meningeal artery arises from the vertebral artery opposite the
foramen magnum, and supplies the bono and dura mater of the occipital fossa. ..."
4. A System of Anatomical Plates: Accompanied with Descriptions, and by John Lizars (1825)
"IX., letter r,) 39 posterior meningeal artery, - - - 40 Posterior Spinal Artery, - -
41 Anterior Spinal Artery, - - 41 Posterior Cerebellar Artery, ..."