Head and Neck Vessels

Question 1

Name the 2 branches of the ascending aorta?

Answer 1

Right and left coronary artery

Question 2

Name the 3 branches of the arch of the aorta?

Answer 2

Brachiocephalic artery
Left common carotid artery
Left subclavian artery

Question 3

Name the 2 branches of the brachiocephalic artery?

Answer 3

Right subclavian

Right common carotid artery

Question 4

Carotid group - supply?

Answer 4

External supplies the face

Internal supplies the brain

Question 5

Name the 4 main branches of the subclavian artery and what they supply?

Answer 5

Vertebral to the brain
Thyrocervical to the thyroid and neck
Costocervical (gives off deep cervical)
Internal thoracic to thorax

Question 6

Name the 2 terminal branches of the external carotid artery?

Answer 6

Maxillary (infratemporal fossa)

Superficial temporal

Question 7

Maxillary gives origin to?

Answer 7

Middle meningeal

Question 8

Superficial temporal gives origin to?

Answer 8

Transverse facial

Question 9

Name the 4 other branches of the external carotid artery?

Answer 9

Superior thyroid
Lingual
Facial (lips, face and submand gland)
Ascending pharyngeal (pharynx, middle ear and meninges)

Question 10

Name the 3 main branches of the primary maxillary artery and what they supply?

Answer 10

Deep auricular (TMJ)
Middle meningeal (dura mater)
Inferior alveolar (mandible + teeth)

Question 11

Name the 5 branches of the secondary maxillary artery?

Answer 11

Lateral pterygoid
Medial pterygoid
Masseter
Temporalis
Buccinator

Question 12

Name the 4 branches of the tertiary maxillary artery and what they supply?

Answer 12

Posterior superior alveolar (max molar/premolars)
Anterior superior alveolar (canine and incisors)
Descending palatine (hard/soft palate)
Sphenopalatine (nose and air sinuses)

Question 13

Name the 2 veins of the brain and skull?

Answer 13

Great cerebral and intracranial venous sinuses

Question 14

Name the 4 veins of the scalp and face?

Answer 14

Facial
Pterygoid plexus
Retromandibular
Superficial temporal

Question 15

Name the 3 veins of the neck?

Answer 15

Internal and external jugular

Anterior jugular

Question 16

Drainage of the submaxillary region - from and to?

Answer 16

Anterior jugular to the external jugular

Question 17

Drainage of the external skull and deep face - from and to?

Answer 17

From external jugular to the subclavian

Question 18

Drainage of the brain and face - from and to?

Answer 18

Internal jugular to subclavian

Question 19

Drainage of the anterior face - from and to?

Answer 19

Anterior retromandibular to internal jugular

Question 20

Name the 6 main intracranial venous sinuses of the brain?

Answer 20

Inferior and superior sagittal 
Straight 
Sigmoid
Transverse
Carvernous