Unit 3 Tributaries Leading Off Main Arteries

Question 1

External Carotid Artery (From Common Carotid)

Answer 1

Ascending Pharyngeal, Superior Thyroid, Lingual, Facial, Occipital, Posterior Auricular ,
Superficial Temporal, Maxillary

Question 2

Internal Carotid Artery (From Common Carotid)

Answer 2

Opthalmic, Anterior Cerebral, Middle Cerebral

Question 3

Vertebral Artery

Answer 3

Radicular Spinal, Anterior Spinal, Posterior Inferior Cerebellar, Basilar

Question 4

Thyrocervical Trunk

Answer 4

Inferior Thyroid, Suprascapular, Transverse Cervical

Question 5

Costocervical Trunk

Answer 5

Deep Cervical Artery

Question 6

Lingual Artery

Answer 6

Dorsal Lingual, Deep Lingual, Sublingual

Question 7

Facial Artery

Answer 7

Ascending Palatine, Tonsilar, Submental, Inferior Labial, Superior Labial, Lateral Nasal Branch, Angular Artery

Question 8

Maxillary Artery

Answer 8

Middle Meningeal, Inferior Alveolar, Deep Temporal, Masseteric, Pterygoid Branches, Buccal, Posterior Superior Alveolar, Infraorbital, Greater Palatine, Sphenopalatine Artery

Question 9

Opthalmic Artery

Answer 9

Central Artery of the Retina, Supraorbital, Supratrochlear, Lacrimal, Posterior Ethmoidal, Anterior Ethmoidal, Dorsal Nasal Artery

Question 10

Basilar Artery

Answer 10

Anterior Inferior Cerebral, Pontine, Superior Cerebellar, Posterior Cerebral Artery

Question 11

Inferior Thyroid Artery

Answer 11

Inferior Laryngeal, Ascending Cervical Artery