Early recognition and proper treatment of the following main finger infections will help prevent most of the serious outcomes. 1  Paronychia: A paronychia is an infection of the finger that involves the tissue at the edges of the fingernail.
Of surgical importance is the relationship of the maxillary artery to the lateral pterygoid muscle. The maxillary artery was found medial to the lateral pterygoid muscle in 30.5% of 180 dissections and lateral to the lateral pterygoid in 69.5%.
Maxillary Artery Branches. The Buccal artery is a small artery of the head and a branch of the second part of the maxillary artery (the 7th branch of the external carotid) and supplies both the buccinator muscle and cheek. The maxillary artery (the 7th branch of the external carotid) gives off an infraorbital artery.