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%.
The internal iliac artery begins at the common iliac bifurcation, which is anterior to the sacroiliac joint, at the level of the intervertebral disc between the L5 and S1 vertebrae. The artery is 4 cm long and traverses inferoposteriorly to the superior margin of the greater sciatic foramen.