Anatom3DBuccal artery
Arteria buccalis · Tvářová tepna
Heart & arteries
Looks like
A small maxillary branch running forward on the outer side of the buccinator, the cheek muscle.
What it does
Supplies the cheek muscle, skin and lining of the cheek.
Keeping it well
Can bleed in wisdom tooth or cheek surgery; otherwise rarely a problem.
Related conditions
- Carotid artery stenosis
- High blood pressure
- High cholesterol
- Hypothermia & frostbite
- Kawasaki disease
- Metabolic syndrome
- Orthostatic hypotension & POTS
- Peripheral artery disease
- Phaeochromocytoma & hyperaldosteronism
- Pre-eclampsia
- Raynaud's phenomenon
- Sepsis
- Shock (circulatory failure)
- Takayasu arteritis
- Vasculitis (GCA & others)