Arterial supply of the head and neck
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The arteries of the head and neck are branches of the common carotid and and subclavian arteries.
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common carotid
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external carotid
- superior thyroid
- ascending pharyngeal
- lingual
- facial
- occipital
- posterior auricular
- superficial temporal
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maxillary
- (1st part) mandibular
- anterior tympanic
- deep auricular
- middle meningeal
- accessory meningeal
- inferior alveolar
- (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
- (1st part) mandibular
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internal carotid
- cervical
- carotid sinus
- petrous
- cavernous/ophthalmic
- posterior ethmoidal
- anterior ethmoidal
- lacrimal
- medial palpebral
- central retinal
- ciliary
- superior hypophyseal
- inferior hypophyseal
- Willis/cerebral
- cervical
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external carotid
- subclavian
-<li><a title="Posterior auricular artery" href="/articles/posterior-auricular-artery">posterior auricular</a></li>-<li><a title="Superficial temporal artery" href="/articles/superficial-temporal-artery">superficial temporal</a></li>- +<li><a href="/articles/posterior-auricular-artery">posterior auricular</a></li>
- +<li><a href="/articles/superficial-temporal-artery">superficial temporal</a></li>
-<li><a title="Posterior communicating artery" href="/articles/posterior-communicating-artery">posterior communicating</a></li>-<li><a title="Anterior choroidal artery" href="/articles/anterior-choroidal-artery">anterior choroidal</a></li>- +<li><a href="/articles/posterior-communicating-artery">posterior communicating</a></li>
- +<li><a href="/articles/anterior-choroidal-artery">anterior choroidal</a></li>
-<li><a title="Internal thoracic artery" href="/articles/internal-thoracic-artery">internal thoracic</a></li>- +<li><a href="/articles/internal-thoracic-artery">internal thoracic</a></li>
-<a title="Thyrocervical trunk" href="/articles/thyrocervical-trunk">thyrocervical trunk</a><ul>-<li><a title="inferior thyroid artery" href="/articles/inferior-thyroid-artery">inferior thyroid</a></li>-<li><a title="transverse cervical artery" href="/articles/transverse-cervical-artery">transverse cervical</a></li>-<li><a title="suprascapular artery" href="/articles/suprascapular-artery">suprascapular</a></li>- +<a href="/articles/thyrocervical-trunk">thyrocervical trunk</a><ul>
- +<li><a href="/articles/inferior-thyroid-artery-1">inferior thyroid</a></li>
- +<li><a href="/articles/transverse-cervical-artery">transverse cervical</a></li>
- +<li><a href="/articles/suprascapular-artery">suprascapular</a></li>
- +<li><a title="Ascending cervical artery" href="/articles/ascending-cervical-artery">ascending cervical</a></li>
-<li><a title="costocervical trunk" href="/articles/costocervical-trunk">costocervical trunk</a></li>-<li><a title="Dorsal scapular artery" href="/articles/dorsal-scapular-artery">dorsal scapular</a></li>- +<li><a href="/articles/costocervical-trunk">costocervical trunk</a></li>
- +<li><a href="/articles/dorsal-scapular-artery">dorsal scapular</a></li>
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