pterygoid plexus 4540

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pterygoid plexus (pair)

Identification

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Link to the unit	pterygoid plexus (pair)
Links of entity	generic: pterygoid plexus
Entity-oriented links	Universal page Definition page
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Partonomic links	Level 2: venous system Short Extended
	Level 3: superior vena cava Short Extended
	Level 4: brachiocephalic vein (pair)
Taxonomic links	Level 2: segment of organ Short Extended
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Taxonomic definition

A pterygoid plexus is a venous plexus

] which is a network of venules in the intratemporal fossa [fossa infratemporalis] which drains the parts supplied by the maxillary artery [arteria maxillaris

Notes

New tributaries added, based on Gray’s Anatomy (38th ed, 1995) and Kachlik et al. (2021 Bosn J Basic Med Sci 21:208-220).

Partonomy

TAH:E10200	human body
TAH:U3568	cardiovascular system
TAH:U4418	venous system
TAH:U4480	superior vena cava
TAH:U4481	brachiocephalic vein (pair)
TAH:U4505	internal jugular vein (pair)
TAH:U10725	common facial vein (pair)
TAH:U15790	anterior subdivision of retromandibular vein (pair)
TAH:U4535	retromandibular vein (pair)
TAH:U4540	pterygoid plexus (pair)

TAH:U15792	masseteric veins (pair)
TAH:U4543	vein of pterygoid canal (pair)
TAH:U14798	sphenopalatine vein (pair)
TAH:U14946	palatine veins (pair)
TAH:U15486	cavernous plexuses of conchae (pair)
TAH:U15793	inferior ophthalmic vein (pair)

TAH:U15485

TAH:U15800	posterior superior alveolar veins (pair)
TAH:U15802	inferior alveolar vein (pair)

TAH:U15803

TAH:U4544	anterior auricular veins of (pair)
TAH:U15794	buccal veins (pair)
TAH:U4545	posterior parotid veins of (pair)
TAH:U4546	articular veins of (pair)
TAH:U4547	tympanic veins (pair)
TAH:U4548	stylomastoid vein (pair)

Total

19 children

Taxonomy

FMA:62955	anatomical entity
FMA:61775	physical entity
FMA:67165	material entity
FMA:305751	anatomical structure
FMA:67135	postnatal anatomical structure
FMA:82472	cardinal part of organ
FMA:67619	region of organ
FMA:86140	segment of organ
FMA:306412	ERR1
FMA:50722	segment of vascular hollow organ
FMA:312599	segment of blood vessel tree organ
FMA:86188	segment of venous hollow organ
FMA:4767	venous plexus
FMA:50944	pterygoid plexus

Date: 28.06.2023