Export Arterial Supply of the neck 1

Question 1

What 3 branches come off the subclavian artery in the 1st part of the vessel?

Answer 1

VIT; Vertebral artery; Internal thoracic artery; Thyrocervical trunk

Question 2

What 3 branches come off the Thyrocervical truck?

Answer 2

SIT (really STI) Suprascapular artery, Transverse cervical artery; Inferior thyroid artery

Question 3

What 3 branches come off the Inferior thyroid artery?

Answer 3

PIA (really AIP) Ascending cervical branch; Inferior laryngeal branch; Pharyngeal branches

Question 4

What branches off the 2nd part of the subclavian artery?

Answer 4

Costocervical trunk

Question 5

The Costocervical trunk has 2 branches, what are they?

Answer 5

Deep cervical artery; Superior intercostal artery

Question 6

What branches of the internal carotid artery branches in the neck?

Answer 6

Trick question, there are no branches in the neck

Question 7

What branches off the external carotid artery? 1st “3” of our acronym?

Answer 7

(remember SALFO PMS) Superior Thyroid; Ascending pharyngeal artery; Lingual artery

Question 8

What branches off the external carotid artery? 2nd “3” of our acronym

Answer 8

(remember SALFO PMS) Facial artery; Occipital artery; Posterior auricular artery

Question 9

What branches off the posterior auricular artery? last 2 of our acronym

Answer 9

(remember SALFO PMS) Maxillary artery; Superficial temporal artery

Question 10

What branches off the Superior thyroid?

Answer 10

Muscular branches; superior laryngeal artery

Question 11

What branches off the facial artery?

Answer 11

TAG Tonsilar artery; Ascending palatine artery; Glandular branches