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%.
From the external carotid artery arises the maxillary artery which supplies both the maxillary and mandibular teeth. The maxillary arch is supplied by a plexus of three arterial branches which include the anterior superior alveolar artery, the middle superior alveolar artery and the posterior superior alveolar artery.