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What artery branches off of the Maxillary Artery and enters the mandibular canal?

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Inferior Alveolar artery

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What three arterial branches come off the infraorbital canal?

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Inferior Palpebral, Lateral Nasal and Superior Labial

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What branch comes off of the Inferior Alveolar artery and exits the mental foramen?

A

Mental artery

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What are the three GENERAL artery branches that come off the Maxillary Artery and supplies blood to the face?

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Inferior Alveolar, Buccal and Infraorbital

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The Infraorbital artery branches off of the Maxillary artery in what structure?

A

Pterygopalatine Fossa

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The Inferior Alveolar and Buccal arteries branch off of the Maxillary artery in what structure?

A

The Infratemporal fossa

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What are the four branches that come off the Facial artery?

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Inferior Labial, Superior Labial, Lateral Nasal and Angular

ISLA

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Three major arterial systems that supply blood to the face

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Internal Carotid, External Carotid and Maxillary artery

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What are the two GENERAL branches that come off the External Carotid artery as it supplies blood to the face?

A

Facial artery and Superficial Temporal artery

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What branch comes off of the Superficial Temporal artery?

A

Transverse Facial artery

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The Opthalmic artery is a branch off of what major Artery?

A

The Internal Carotid artery

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Where do the branches of the Opthalmic originate?

A

The Orbit

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Where is the origin of the Superficial Temporal artery?

A

Parotid region

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Where is the origin of the Infraorbital artery?

A

Pterygopalatine Fossa

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Origin of the Inferior Alveolar and Buccal arteries?

A

Infratemporal Fossa

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Origin of the Facial Artery and its branches

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Neck

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What two branches come from the zygomatic branch of the Opthalmic artery?

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Zygomaticofacial and Zygomaticotemporal

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What branch comes from the Anterior Ethmoid artery?

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External Nasal artery

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What artery branch runs with the Infratrochlear nerve?

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Dorsal Nasal artery