Anatomy: Head and Neck Arteries Flashcards
The aorta gives off which three branches?
- Brachiocephalic Trunk
- L. common carotid
- L. subclavian
The brachiocephalic trunk gives off which two branches?
- R. common carotid
2. R. subclavian
Each subclavian artery gives off which two branches?
Vertebral artery and thyrocervical trunk
From inferior to superior, what are the 6 branches of the external carotid and the two terminal branches?
- Superior thyroid
- Ascending Pharyngeal
- Lingual
- Facial
- Occipital
- Posterior auricular
- Maxillary
- Superficial temporal
What are the five branches of the 1st part of the maxillary artery?
- Deep auricular
- Anterior tympanic
- Middle meningeal
- Accessory meningeal
- Inferior alveolar
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What are the five branches of the second part of the maxillary artery?
- Posterior deep temporal
- Anterior deep temporal
- Pterygoid
- Masseteric
- Buccal
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What are the six branches of the third part of the maxillary artery?
- Deep palatine
- Pharyngeal
- Artery of Pterygoid Canal
- PSA
- Infraorbital
- Shenopalatine
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The two vertebral arteries combine to form the basilar artery which gives off what two small branches before splitting into PCAs?
Labyrinthe and Superior Cerebellar arteries
Which three branches come from the thyrocervical trunk?
- Suprascapular
- Inferior thyroid -> ascending laryngeal, descending laryngeal, inferior laryngeal
- Transverse cervical -> dorsal scapular, superficial cervical
T/F: The inferior thyroid artery gives off all of the laryngeal branches.
False
Superior laryngeal comes from superior thyroid after it pierces the thyrohyoid membrane
