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Arteries of the head and neck

Dr Jeremy Jones et al.

The arteries of the head and neck are branches of the common carotid and and subclavian arteries.

common carotid
- external carotid
  - superior thyroid
    - superior laryngeal
  - ascending pharyngeal
  - lingual
  - facial
  - occipital
  - posterior auricular
  - superior temporal
  - maxillary
    - (1st part) mandibular
      - anterior tympanic
      - deep auricular
      - middle meningeal
      - accessory meningeal
      - inferior alveolar
        mental
    - (2nd part) pterygoid
      - deep temporal
      - pterygoid branches
      - masseteric
      - buccal
    - (3rd part) pterygopalatine
      - posterior superior alveolar
      - infraorbital
      - descending palatine
      - artery of the pterygoid canal
      - sphenopalatine
      - pharyngeal
- internal carotid
  - cervical
    - carotid sinus
  - petrous
    - Vidian
    - caroticotympanic
  - cavernous/ophthalmic
    - posterior ethmoidal
    - anterior ethmoidal
    - lacrimal
    - medial palpebral
    - central retinal
    - ciliary
    - superior hypophyseal
    - inferior hypophyseal
  - Willis/cerebral
    - anterior cerebral
      - pericallosal
    - anterior communicating
    - middle cerebral
    - posterior communicating
    - anterior choroidal
subclavian
- vertebral
- thyrocervical trunk
  - inferior thyroid
  - transverse cervical
  - suprascapular
- costocervical trunk

References

Article Information:

Systems: Vascular, Central Nervous System, Head & Neck

Section: Anatomy

Cerebral arterial supply to the brain Cerebral arterial supply to the brain (captioned)The brain and arteries at base of the brain. Circle of Willis is formed near center. The temporal pole of the cerebrum and a portion of the cerebellar hemisphere have been removed on the right side. Inferior aspect (viewed from below).Source: Gray's anatomy 20th US edition (now lapsed into public domain)Permission: Public domainOriginal file: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Arteries_beneath_brain_Gray_closer.jpgCerebral arterial supply to the brainSource: Gray's anatomy 20th US edition (now lapsed into public domain)Permission: Public domainOriginal file: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gray516.png

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Arteries of the neck Images of the carotid arteries: taken from 20th edition Grays anatomy which is now out of copyright protection.

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