Variant trunks of the anterior external carotid artery branches (diagram)
Diagnosis not applicable
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Simplified diagrams demonstrating a typical arrangement of the anterior branches of the external carotid artery and three variations. Unrelated branches of the external carotid artery have been excluded from this diagram.
Case Discussion
Simplified diagrams demonstrating a normal origin pattern of the anterior branches of the external carotid artery and three variant trunk patterns of anatomy in which the vessels share a common origin:
- linguofacial trunk: lingual artery and facial artery
- thyrolingual trunk: superior thyroid artery and lingual artery
- thyrolinguofacial trunk: superior thyroid artery, lingual artery and facial artery
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