Arterial branches are tough to remember. Volatile stuff. Use this mnemonic to remember the branches of the maxillary artery –
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Mnemonic
- D: deep auricular artery
- A: anterior tympanic artery
- M: middle meningeal artery
- I: inferior alveolar artery
- A: accessory meningeal artery
- M: masseteric artery
- P: pterygoid artery
- D: deep temporal artery
- B: buccinator artery
- S: sphenopalatine artery
- D: descending palatine artery
- I: infraorbital artery
- P: posterior superior alveolar artery
- M: middle superior alveolar artery
- P: pharyngeal artery
- A: anterior superior alveolar artery
- A: artery of the pterygoid canal

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