Blood supply of face (week 2) Flashcards
What artery branches off of the Maxillary Artery and enters the mandibular canal?
Inferior Alveolar artery
What branch comes off of the Inferior Alveolar artery and exits the mental foramen?
Mental artery
What are the three GENERAL artery branches that come off the Maxillary Artery and supplies blood to the face?
Inferior Alveolar, Buccal and Infraorbital
The Infraorbital artery branches off of the Maxillary artery in what structure?
Pterygopalatine Fossa
The Inferior Alveolar and Buccal arteries branch off of the Maxillary artery in what structure?
The Infratemporal fossa
What are the four branches that come off the Facial artery?
Inferior Labial, Superior Labial, Lateral Nasal and Angular
ISLA
Three major arterial systems that supply blood to the face
Internal Carotid, External Carotid and Maxillary artery
What are the two GENERAL branches that come off the External Carotid artery as it supplies blood to the face?
Facial artery and Superficial Temporal artery
What branch comes off of the Superficial Temporal artery?
Transverse Facial artery
The Opthalmic artery is a branch off of what major Artery?
The Internal Carotid artery
Where do the branches of the Opthalmic originate?
The Orbit
Where is the origin of the Superficial Temporal artery?
Parotid region
Where is the origin of the Infraorbital artery?
Pterygopalatine Fossa
Origin of the Inferior Alveolar and Buccal arteries?
Infratemporal Fossa
Origin of the Facial Artery and its branches
Neck
