A patient presents with a chief complaint of chronic nose bleeds. To control the severity of these nosebleeds, his physician decides to ligate the sphenopalatine aery. From which of the following aeries does the sphenopalatine aery arise from?
The sphenopalatine aery is the terminal branch of the maxillary aery. The maxillary aery arises from the external carotid aery and then passes through the infratemporal fossa, giving off branches to structures in this region.
External carotid
Facial
Maxillary
Ophthalmic