The blood supply

Question 1

What artery supplies the maxillary portion of the face?

Answer 1

The maxillary artery

Question 2

What are the main arteries called that carry oxygenated blood to the head and neck?

Answer 2

Carotid arteries (oxygenated blood)

Question 3

What artery supplies the outside of the cranium, the face and the oral cavity?

Answer 3

The external carotid artery (oxygenated blood)

Question 4

What artery supplies the inner cranial structures, the brain and the eyes?

Answer 4

The internal carotid artery (oxygenated blood)

Question 5

After gaseous exchange in the capillary beds has occurred where does the deoxygenated blood go?

Answer 5

The jugular veins (Deoxygenated blood)

Question 6

What vein takes away the deoxygenated blood from the extracranial tissues? - outside/external

Answer 6

The external jugular vein (Deoxygenated blood)

Question 7

What vein takes away the deoxygenated blood form the brain, head and neck tissues? -Inside/internal

Answer 7

The internal jugular vein (Deoxygenated blood)