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Name the 4 regions of the internal carotid artery in ascending order

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  1. Cervical
  2. Petrous
  3. Cavernous
  4. Cerebral
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Name 3 important blood supplies that come from Internal carotid

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  1. Cerebral blood supply
  2. Ophthalmic artery
  3. Artery of pterygoid canal
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What parts of the orbit are supplied with blood via the ophthalmic artery?

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  1. Retina
  2. Extraocular muscles
  3. lacrimal Gland

In short, all of them

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Does the Opthalmic artery supply blood to the Ethmoid bone and nasal cavity?

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Yes

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What are the superficial areas to which the ophthalmic artery supplies blood?

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  1. Dorsal Nasal
  2. Frontal (Supratrochlear)
  3. Supraorbital
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Name the branches of the Superior Thyroid artery

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  1. Superior Laryngeal
  2. Cricothyroid
  3. Hyoid
  4. SCM
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Does the Superior thyroid form any anastamoses?

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Of course

Contralateral one with S. Thyroid and Inf. Thyroid

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T/F the Superior thyroid starts in the carotid triangle

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True

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What is supplied with blood via the superior thyroid artery?

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  1. Anterior Strap Muscles and Larynx
    1. Superior Laryngeal: Larynx
    2. Cricothyroid: Larynx
    3. Hyoid: Strap muscles adjacent to hyoid bone
    4. SCM: The SCM
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Name the branches of the Ascending Pharyngeal Artery

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  1. Pharyngeal
  2. Meningeal
  3. Tympanic

**These branches are not well defined so the names are not formal but useful to remember target tissues

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Describe the location of Ascending pharyngeal coming from the external carotid

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Ascends deep to stylopharyngeus, anterior to the ear

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Name what is supplied with blood via Ascending pharyngeal

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  1. Pharyngeal Constrictors
  2. Stylopharyngeus
  3. Soft Palate
  4. Auditory Tube
  5. Palatine Tonsil
  6. All soft palate muscles except Levator Veli Palatini
  7. Meninges
  8. Middle ear
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Name the branches of the lingual artery and where they supply blood

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  1. Dorsal lingual: Posterior tongue and tonsils
  2. Deep lingual: Anterior tongue
  3. Sublingual: Sublingual glands
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In general what are the major features that get blood from the lingual artery?

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  1. Tongue
  2. Palatine tonsil
  3. Sublingual Glands
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T/F the Deep and Sublingual branches can form an anastamoses with contralateral arteries

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FALSE:

They cannot because they are separated by the lingual septum.

The Dorsal branch CAN do this because the septum does not extend all the way back that far

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Name the branches of the facial artery

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  1. Tonsillar
  2. Superior Labial
  3. Inferior Labial
  4. Lateral nasal
  5. Angular
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What are the areas to which the facial artery supplies blood?

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  1. Facial regions

2. Skin and muscles of facial expression

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To where does the Tonsiallar branch of facial artery supply blood

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Palatine tonsils

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Where does the labial branch of facial artery supply blood ?

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External surface of lips

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Where does lateral nasal branch supply blood?

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Dorsal and lateral surface of the nose

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Where does angular branch supply blood?

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Dorsal nasal branch to superior ophthalmic

-External medial orbit

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Describe the location of the facial artery

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Runs deep to digastric sling and submandibular gland, and emerges over body of mandible

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T/F the Superficial course of the facial artery can allow manual reduction in flow at mandible

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True

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How could an infection from the face potentially spread to the brain via the facial artery?

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It forms an anastamoses with the ophthalmic artery via angular branch. Ophthalmic is a branch of internal carotid

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Name the branches of the Superficial Temporal Artery
1. Transverse Facial 2. Frontal 3. Parietal 4. Zygomatic/Orbital
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To what general areas does the Superficial Temporal artery supply blood?
1. Lateral and dorsal scalp 2. Facial muscles 3. Parotid gland
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Where does the transverse facial branch take blood
1. Parotid gland 2. Facial muscles 3. Masseter 4. Temporalis
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Where does the zygomatic branch take blood?
1. Skin | 2. Muscles towards orbits
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Where does the Frontal branch take blood?
1. Skin and muscles over frontal bone | 2. Can anastamose with supraorbital arteries
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Where does the parietal branch take blood?
1. Skin | 2. Superior auricular muscle
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What two arteries supply the muscles of facial expression?
1. Facial | 2. STA
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Describe the location of the STA
Ascends within parotid gland, anterior to ear
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Where can you feel the pulse via the STA
Superior to zygomatic arch, anterior to ear
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Name the branches of the occipital artery
1. SCM 2. Auricular 3. Meningeal 4. Descending
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Where does the occipital artery supply blood?
1. Posterior Scalp | 2. Muscles along the course to posterior scalp
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Where doe the SCM branch of the occipital artery supply blood?
To the SCM
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Where doe the auricular branch of the occipital artery supply blood?
Posterior aspect of the ear
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Where does the meningeal branch of occipital artery supply blood?
Posterior dura and cranial bones
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Where does the Descending branch of occipital artery supply blood?
Suboccipital and deep back muscles of the neck
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Name an anastamoses associated with a branch of occipital artery
Descending anastamoses with transverse cervical (from thyrocervical trunk) and vertebral arteries
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Name the branches of the Posterior auricular artery
There are No major branches
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Where does the posterior auricular artery supply blood?
Scalp and posterior ear
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Describe the location of the posterior auricular artery
Runs between external acoustic meatus and mastoid process Ascends superior to posterior digastric
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Name the 3 regions of the Maxillary artery
1. Mandibular 2. Pterygoid 3. Pterygopalatine
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Name the sub parts of the Mandibular portion of the Maxillary artery
1. Inferior alveolar artery 2. Middle meningeal artery 3. Deep auricular artery 4. Anterior Tympanic artery
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To where does the inferior alveolar artery supply blood?
1. Mandible 2. Teeth 3. Gingiva *The mental branch is its terminal branch
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To where does the Middle Meningeal supply blood
1. Calvaria 2. Dura 3. Anterior and middle cranial forsake
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To where does the Deep auricular from mandibular portion supply blood?
1. Temporomandibular joint | 2. External auditory canal
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Where does the Anterior tympanic artery supply blood?
1. Tympanic Cavity
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What are the sub parts of the Pterygoid part of maxillary artery?
1. Masseteric Artery 2. Deep Temporal Branches 3. Pterygoid branches 4. Buccal artery
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Where does masseteric artery deliver blood?
Masseter
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Where do the deep temporal branches deliver blood?
Temporalis
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Where do the pterygoid branches deliver blood?
Pterygoid muscles
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Where does the buccal artery deliver blood?
Buccal mucosa
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Name the subdivisions of the pterygopalatine part of maxillary artery
1. Posterior Superior Alveolar Artery 2. Infraorbital artery 3. Descending Palatine Artery 4. Shpenopalatine
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Name the two parts to the Descending palatine artery and where they respectively deliver blood
1. Greater palatine artery: Hard Palate | 2. Lesser Palatine artery: Soft Palate, Palatine tonsil, pharyngeal wall
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Name the two parts to the Sphenopalatine artery and where they deliver blood
1. Lateral Posterior nasal arteries: - Lateral wall of nasal cavity, conchae 2. Posterior Septal branches: nasal septum
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Where does infraorbital artery supply blood?
Maxillary alveoli
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Where does Posterior superior alveolar artery supply blood?
1. Maxillary molars 2. Maxillary sinus 3. Gingiva
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Name the much simpler and more general ways to remember where each region of the maxillary artery supplies blood
1. Mandibular Part: Ear and Mandible 2. Pterygoid part: Muscles of Mastication 3. Pterygopalatine part: Maxilla, Palate, Nasal
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What runs inferiority for the Mandibular portion of maxillary artery?
1. Mylohyoid branch | 2. Inferior alveolar (Mental)
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Where does the mental branch of inferior alveolar artery supply blood?
1. Chin and lower lip | 2. Anastamoses with submental and inferior labial arteries
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What runs superiorly from the mandibular portion?
1. Deep Auricular 2. Ant. Tympanic 3. Middle Meningeal
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Which branches of the Pterygoid Portion will run superior vs. inferior?
I do not know. Check with somebody. Inferior will most likely be: Masseteric Buccal Superior will most likely be: Deep temporal Pterygoid
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T/F The Anterior Portion of the Superior Alveolar artery branches off the intraorbital artery in the pterygopalatine portion
TRUE It branches prior to exiting the infraorbital foramen, looks like it is just deep to where the zyomatic bone is
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T/F The middle and posterior portions of the superior alveolar artery branch from the pterygopalatine portion
TRUE At least from what he has on his slides it looks like it
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The Nasal Wall and septum receive blood two ways. What are they?
1. ICA-Ophthalmic-Ant. And Post. Ethmoidal aa. | 2. ECA-Maxillary-Sphenopalatine-Post. Septal and Nasal aa.
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What is Kiesselbach's area?
-Anastamoses of 4 arteries in the anterior part of the nose 4 arteries: 1. Ethmoidal (from ophthalmic) 2. Septal (from Maxillary) 3. Greater Palatine (From Maxillary) 4. Superior Labial (From facial)
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According to his slides (Not the image from the book), what are the two portions of the Sphenopalatine region?
1. Posterior Nasal | 2. Posterior Septal
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List all the arteries that contribute blood supply to the palatine tonsils
1. Ascending Pharyngeal 2. Dorsal branch of lingual 3. Tonsillar Branch of facial 4. Lesser Palatine Branch from Descending Palatine from Pterygopalatine from Maxillary
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List all the arteries that contribute blood supply to the masseter and temporalis
1. Transverse facial branch of STA 2. Masseteric Branch of Pterygoid branch of Maxillary 3. Deep temporal branch of Pterygoid branch of Maxillary
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List all the arteries that in one way or another contribute blood flow to the the ear.
1. Ascending Pharyngeal (auditory tube) 2. Auricular branch of occipital ( Posterior aspect of the ear) 3. Posterior auricular artery (posterior ear) 4. Anterior Tympanic of Mandibular part of Maxillary (Tympanic/Middle ear cavity)

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