8 Branches of the External Carotid Flashcards
What muscles are supplied by the Superior Thyroid artery and its four branches?
Hyoid muscles
Sternocliedomastoid muscles
Larynx
The infrahyoid artery, sternocliedomastoid artery, superior laryngeal artery, and circothyroid artery are branches of what branch of the external carotid artery?
Superior Thyroid Artery
Name the smallest branch of the external carotid arteries.
Ascending pharyngeal artery
What structures are supplied by the ascending pharyngeal artery?
Pharyngeal walls
Soft Palate
Meninges of the Brain
What are the 2 branches of the Lingual artery that are important to our studies?
Sublingual
Deep Lingual
How many branches of the Lingual artery are there total? (Hint:we only need to know 2)
Four
What structures does the lingual artery supply?
Suprahyoid Muscles
Floor of the mouth and tongue
What structures are supplied by the sublingual artery?
Sublingual salivary gland
Mylohyoid
Mucous Membranes
Lingual gingiva
What structures are supplied by the deep lingual artery?
Tongue muscles
What are the 5 main branches of the Facial Artery?
Hint: ASISA
Ascending Palatine Submental Inferior Labial Superior Labial Artery Angular
What is the terminal branch of the facial artery?
Angular artery
What structures are supplied by the ascending palatine of the facial artery?
Soft palate
Palatine Muscles
Tonsils
What structures are supplied by the submental artery of the facial artery?
Submandibular salivary gland
Lymph nodes
Mylohyoid muscles
Digastric muscles
What structures are supplied by the Inferior Labial artery of the facial arteries?
Lower Lip
Depressor muscles of facial expressions…
Mentalis
Depressor anguli oris
What structures are supplied by the Superior labial artery of the facial arteries?
Upper lip
What structures are supplied by the Angular artery of the facial arteries?
Tissues lateral to the nose.
Where is the occipital artery found?
Posterior and Superior to the ascending ramus of the mandible.
What structures are supplied by the Occipital Artery?
Posterior Scalp
Suprahyoid muscles
Sternocliedomastoid muscles
Meninges
What is the 3rd most superior branch of the external carotid arteries?
Posterior Auricular
What structure(s) are supplied by the Posterior Auricular Artery?
Internal portion of the ear
What two functions is the internal portion of the ear responsible for?
Balance
Sense of hearing
What branch of the external carotid artery sometimes looks like a bulge on the side of the face in the temporal region?
Superficial Temporal Artery
What structures do the superficial temporal artery supply?
Parotid gland
Temporalis muscle
Frontal and Parietal Scalp