All of the following are true of maxillary artery except___________________?

All of the following are true of maxillary artery except___________________?

A. The branches of maxillary artery accompany the branches of maxillary nerve
B. It is one of the terminal branches of ECA
C. It passes deep between the two heads of lateral pterygoid muscle into the pterygo palatine fossa
D. It is the arterial supply for mandible