Vasculature and Lymphatics of the Head & Neck Flashcards
Branches of Internal Carotid Artery
Gives off many branches Ophthalmic artery -Anterior ethmoid a. -Posterior ethmoid a. Posterior communicating artery Middle cerebral artery Anterior cerebral artery
Where do strokes of the middle cerebral artery usually occur?
Lenticulostriate (“artiers of stroke”)
Branches of the External Carotid artery
Anterior branches 1.Superior thyroid a. 2.Lingual a. 3. Facial a. Medial branch 4. Ascending pharyngeal a. Posterior branches 5. Occipital a. 6. Posterior auricular a. Terminal branches 7. Superficial temporal a. 8. Maxillary a.
Lingual artery is ___to lingual nerve.
inferior
Lingual artery (3)
Dorsal lingual artery
Sublingual artery
Deep lingual artery
Where is terminal branch of the lingual artery?
Deep lingual artery
Dorsal lingual a.
To base and body of tongue, palatine tonsils, epiglottis
Sublingual a
To sublingual gland, mylohyoid, oral floor, oral cavity and lingual gingiva of mandibular teeth
Deep lingual a.
To anterior 1/3 of tongue (apex)
Facial artery
- Supplies the face, including lips and the submandibular gland
- Cervical and facial branches
Facial artery cervical portion includes
Ascending palatine
Tonsillar branch
Submental a.
Facial artery facial portion
Inferior labial a
Superior labial a
Angular a
Lateral (dorsal) nasal a.
maxillary a.
mandibular part
pterygoid part
Pterygopalatine part
mandibular part of maxillary artery
Deep auricular a. Anterior tympanic a. Middle meningeal a. Accessory meningeal a. Inferior alveolar a.
pterygoid part of maxillary artery
Deep temporal branches (anterior and posterior)
Pterygoid branches
Masseteric a.
Buccal (or buccinator) a.
pterygopalatine part of maxillary artery
Posterior superior alveolar a. Infraorbital a. Pharyngeal a. Artery of pterygoid canal Descending palatine a. Sphenopalatine (nasopalatine) a.
Infraorbital a.
ASA (sometimes MSA)
epitaxis
nose bleed
epitaxis due to what artery
spehnopalatine a.
Which of the following veins has a direct connection with the cavernous sinus?
Superior ophthalmic vv.
Inferior ophthalmic vv.
Emissary v.
Superior and inferior petrosal sinuses