Lecture 2: Arterial supply + venous drainage of face/head Flashcards
Common Carotid Artery
Ascends with neck to superior border of thyroid cartilage/C3-C4 vertebral level
- Birfucates –> internal/external carotid a
- As it ascends, positioned MEDIAL to IJV.
- Vagus n is POSTERIOR, between artery and vein
- All 3 in carotid sheath
Internal carotid artery
- Passes deep to posterior belly of digastric and stylohyoid muscles
- Crossed by hypoglossal n (passes superficial to both internal and external carotid arteries)
ICA p 2
- Ascends anterior to transverse process of C1-C3 to reach base of skull; passes into carotid canal (petrous temporal bone) to reach cranial cavity (middle cranial fossa)
- No branches in neck
- Major source of blood to brain and orbit
Four parts of ICA
- Cervical part: bifurcation of CCA to lower end of carotid canal
- Petrous part: pass through carotid canal (in petrous temporal bone)
- Cavernous: course through cavernous sinus (along body of sphenoid)
- Cerebral: after piercing dura (near anterior clinic process), ICA gives off ophthalmic a before terminating as anterior and middle cerebral arteries
Ophthalmic a
Emerges from internal carotid immediately upon leaving cavernous sinus
- Enters orbit via optic canal
- Several branches (lacrimal, ciliary, ethmoidal, muscular) + 2 to forehead: supraorbital and supratrochlear
External carotid a
Deep to posterior belly of digastric and stylohyoid muscles
- Posterior to ramus of mandible, embedded in parotid gland
Mainly supply structures external to skull
ECA branches
- Superior thyroid a
- Ascending pharyngeal a
- Lingual a
- Facial a
- Occipital a
- Posterior auricular a
- Superficial temporal a
- Maxillary a
Superior thyroid a
Passes anteroinferior, DEEP to infra hyoid muscles to reach thyroid gland
- Also gives off branches to local muscles – gives rise to superior laryngeal a (larynx)
Ascending pharyngeal a
Near origin of ECA and smallest branch
- Ascends between ICA and pharynx to base of skull
- Sends branches to pharynx
Lingual a
Arises from anteromedial aspect of ECA, between superior thyroid and facial arteries
- Crossed by hypoglossal n
- Passes deep to stylohyoid and posterior digastric muscles before disappearing deep to hyoglossus
- Passes to inferior aspect of tongue -> deep lingual and sublingual branches
- Primary blood supply to tongue and floor of oral cavity
Facial a
Deep to digastric and stylohyoid muscles and medial to ramus/angle of mandible
- Passes along lower border of mandible, where it has a close relationship to submandibular gland
- Prior to entering face, gives off submental a
- Hooks around inferior border of mandible and enters face
Facial branches of facial a
Inferior labial a
Superior labial a
Lateral nasal branch
Angular a
– terminal part of facial a as it travels to medial angle of eye
–Forms anastomosis with ophthalmic a (branch of ICA)
Occipital a
Arises from posterior aspect of ECA, opposite origin of facial a
- Passes posteriorly, parallel and deep to posterior belly of digastric as it courses to posterior scalp
- -Several branches that supply structures in area, scalp+muscles in the area
Posterior auricular a
Small posterior branch, ascends posteriorly between EAM and mastoid process
- several branches to structures in area, including posterior auricle and muscles in the area
Superficial temporal a
Originates within parotid gland
- Between neck of mandible and EAM, enters temporal fossa and terminates by dividing into frontal/parietal branches
- TRANSVERSE FACIAL A- superficial to masseter, inferior to zygomatic arch
Maxillary a
- Arises within parotid gland, posterior to neck of mandible
- Medial to mandible to enter infra temporal fossa
- Within infra temporal fossa, may pass superficial OR deep to lateral pterygoid muscle
- Divided into 3 parts by lateral pterygoid muscle
- Passes through pterygomaxillary fissure to enter pterygopalatine fossa