name	pterygoid_plexus
namespace	http://cytomer.bioinf.med.uni-goettingen.de#
parent	 vein_of_head_and_neck 
nameGermanSynonym []	
annotationRemark []	dka
speciesNo []	86
label [de]	
label [med]	Plexus pterygoideus
comment [en]	A venous plexus occupying the infratemporal fossa receiving veins accompanying the branches of the maxillary artery, and terminating posteriorly in the maxillary vein; anteriorly the pterygoid plexus drains via the deep facial vein into the facial vein
organNo []	233
comment [de]	Venengeflecht in der Fossa infratemporalis, den Musculi pterygoideus lateralis und medialis aufliegend; bildet wichtige Verbindungen zum Sinus cavernosus und zu den Venae facialis, retromandibularis, jugularis interna, ophthalmica inferior
ACC []	cy0000167
label [en]	pterygoid plexus
nameEnglishSynonym []	
nameMedicineSynonym []	Plexus venosus pterygoideus
isFedBy	deep_temporal_veins
drainsInto	retromandibular_vein
isFedBy	anterior_auricular_veins
isFedBy	stylomastoid_vein
isPartOf	http://cytomer.bioinf.med.uni-goettingen.de/system#cardiovascular_system
isFedBy	tympanic_veins
isFedBy	middle_meningeal_veins
isFedBy	parotid_veins_of_retromandibular_vein
isFedBy	articular_veins
isFedBy	vein_of_pterygoid_canal