{"id":6915,"date":"2026-05-04T16:12:21","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T13:12:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wiki.voka.io\/glossary\/arteria-meningea-media\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T13:04:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T10:04:21","slug":"arteria-meningea-media","status":"publish","type":"glossary_item","link":"https:\/\/wiki.voka.io\/es\/glosario\/arteria-meningea-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Arteria men\u00edngea media"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La arteria men\u00edngea media (del lat\u00edn <em>arteria meningea media<\/em>, donde <em>meninx<\/em> \u2014 meninges) es el mayor vaso sangu\u00edneo que proporciona irrigaci\u00f3n arterial a la dura madre y a los huesos de la b\u00f3veda craneal. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">El da\u00f1o a esta arteria es la causa principal de la formaci\u00f3n de hematomas epidurales agudos, que son muy peligrosos y potencialmente mortales.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-&#x44D;&#x442;&#x438;&#x43E;&#x43B;&#x43E;&#x433;&#x438;&#x44F;-&#x438;-&#x43F;&#x430;&#x442;&#x43E;&#x444;&#x438;&#x437;&#x438;&#x43E;&#x43B;&#x43E;&#x433;&#x438;&#x44F;\"><strong>Etiolog\u00eda y fisiopatolog\u00eda<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Este potente vaso es una rama de la arteria maxilar y penetra en la cavidad craneal a trav\u00e9s de un peque\u00f1o agujero espinoso en su base. Una vez adentro, la arteria se ramifica en una extensa red que se extiende en el estrecho espacio epidural, estrictamente entre la dura madre y el hueso.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La zona m\u00e1s vulnerable es la rama anterior de la arteria. Pasa por la superficie interna de la escama del temporal en la regi\u00f3n conocida como pteri\u00f3n. Este es el lugar m\u00e1s delgado y fr\u00e1gil de toda la b\u00f3veda craneal. Aqu\u00ed, la arteria no solo est\u00e1 adyacente al hueso, sino que a menudo est\u00e1 incrustada en un surco \u00f3seo profundo, lo que le quita cualquier elasticidad o movilidad.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-&#x43A;&#x43B;&#x438;&#x43D;&#x438;&#x447;&#x435;&#x441;&#x43A;&#x43E;&#x435;-&#x437;&#x43D;&#x430;&#x447;&#x435;&#x43D;&#x438;&#x435;\"><strong>Importancia cl\u00ednica<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">En caso de trauma en el \u00e1rea temporal, incluso sin mucha fuerza, el hueso se rompe f\u00e1cilmente. Los bordes afilados de la fractura desgarran la arteria incrustada. Dado que la sangre en la arteria est\u00e1 bajo alta presi\u00f3n, comienza a fluir r\u00e1pidamente hacia el espacio epidural, despegando la dura madre.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Esta masa de sangre comienza a comprimir el cerebro desde el exterior. La situaci\u00f3n evoluciona tan r\u00e1pidamente que, sin una craneotom\u00eda de emergencia para eliminar el co\u00e1gulo y detener el sangrado, el paciente puede morir en pocas horas despu\u00e9s del trauma. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>La arteria men\u00edngea media (del lat\u00edn <em>arteria meningea media<\/em>, donde <em>meninx<\/em> \u2014 meninges) es el mayor vaso sangu\u00edneo que proporciona irrigaci\u00f3n arterial a la dura madre y a los huesos de la b\u00f3veda craneal. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-6915","glossary_item","type-glossary_item","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.0 (Yoast SEO v26.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Arteria men\u00edngea media: definici\u00f3n m\u00e9dica y descripci\u00f3n | Voka Wiki<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"La arteria men\u00edngea 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