Term Name: buccal artery
Synonyms: arteria buccalis, arteria buccinatoria
Definition: The buccal artery (buccinator artery) is small and runs obliquely forward, between the Pterygoideus internus and the insertion of the Temporalis, to the outer surface of the Buccinator, to which it is distributed, anastomosing with branches of the external maxillary and with the infraorbital. [WP,unvetted].
Ontology: Uberon Ontology [UBERON:0001618]

Relationships
is part of: maxillary artery
is a type of: artery structure with developmental contribution from neural crest