"Excelsior!"

Latin and archaic English word meaning "ever higher."

wow there really are 16 branches of the maxillary artery from the external carotid.

first part to bony processes
1. deep auricular artery
2. anterior tympanic artery through petrotympanic fissure
3. middle meningeal artery through foramen spinosum
4. accessory meningeal artery through foramen ovale
5. inferior alveolar artery through the inf alveolar foramen
   a. mylohyoid artery
   b. mental artery

second part to tissue/muscle
6. pterygoid artery
7. masseteric artery
8-9. deep temporal arteries (2)
10. buccal artery
   a. lingual artery

third pterygopalatine portion to bony structures
11. pharyngeal artery through pharyngeal canal to nasopharynx
12. descending palatine artery through greater palatine cana
   a. greater branches to hard palate
   b. lesser branches to soft palates
13. sphenopalatine artery (terminal branch) enters nose through sphenopalatine foramen
14. artery of pterygoid canal to nasopharynx
15. posterior superior alveolar artery branches as it enters the fissure and goes into maxilla
16. infraorbital artery enters orbit through fissure with anterior superior alveolar artery branching off