pterygoid plexus 4540

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plexus pterygoideus (par)

Identification

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Link to the unit	plexus pterygoideus (par)
Links of entity	generic: plexus pterygoideus
Entity-oriented links	Universal page Definition page
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Partonomic links	Level 2: systema venosum Short Extended
	Level 3: vena cava superior Short Extended
	Level 4: vena brachiocephalica (par)
Taxonomic links	Level 2: segmentum organi Short Extended
	Level 3: plexus venosus
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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	corpus humanum
TAH:U3568	systema cardiovasculare SOS
TAH:U4418	systema venosum SOS
TAH:U4480	vena cava superior SOS
TAH:U4481	vena brachiocephalica (par) UOS
TAH:U4505	vena jugularis interna (par) UOU
TAH:U10725	vena facialis communis (par) UOU
TAH:U15790	divisio anterior venae retromandibularis (par) UOU
TAH:U4535	vena retromandibularis (par) UOU
TAH:U4540	plexus pterygoideus (par) UOU

TAH:U4541	venae meningeae mediae (par) VOU
TAH:U4542	venae temporales profundae (par) VOU
TAH:U15791	venae pterygoideae (par) VOU
TAH:U15792	venae massetericae (par) VOU
TAH:U4543	vena canalis pterygoidei (par) UOU
TAH:U14798	vena sphenopalatina (par) UOU
TAH:U14946	venae palatinae (par) VOU
TAH:U15486	plexus cavernosi conchae nasi (par) VOU
TAH:U4665	vena ophthalmica inferior (par) UOU

TAH:U15485

UOU

TAH:U15800	venae alveolares superiores posteriores (par) VOU
TAH:U15802	vena alveolaris inferior (par) UOU

TAH:U15803

VOU

TAH:U4544	venae auriculares anteriores (par) VOU
TAH:U15794	venae buccales (par) VOU
TAH:U4545	venae parotideae posteriores (par) VOU
TAH:U4546	venae articulares (par) VOU
TAH:U4547	venae tympanicae (par) VOU
TAH:U4548	vena stylomastoidea (par) UOU

Total

19 children

Taxonomy

FMA:62955	res anatomica
FMA:61775	res physica
FMA:67165	res corporea
FMA:305751	structura anatomica
FMA:67135	structura anatomica postnatalis
FMA:82472	pars principalis organi
FMA:67619	regio organi
FMA:86140	segmentum organi
FMA:306412	segmentum organi cavi arborialis
FMA:50722	segmentum organi cavi vasculosi
FMA:312599	segmentum organi cavi sanguinei
FMA:86188	segmentum organi cavi venosi
FMA:4767	plexus venosus
FMA:50944	plexus pterygoideus

Date: 21.06.2025