<Li> Accessory meningeal artery </Li> <P> The second or pterygoid portion (or muscular portion) runs obliquely forward and upward under cover of the ramus of the mandible and insertion of the temporalis, on the superficial (very frequently on the deep) surface of the lateral pterygoid muscle; it then passes between the two heads of origin of this muscle and enters the fossa . </P> <P> Branches include: </P> <Ul> <Li> Masseteric artery </Li> <Li> Pterygoid branches </Li> <Li> Deep temporal arteries (anterior and posterior) </Li> <Li> Buccal artery </Li> </Ul>

Where does the maxillary artery enter the skull