Vessels Of Head And Neck 1

Question 1

Branches of external carotid artery

Answer 1

Superior thyroid
Ascending pharyngeal
Lingual
Facial
Occipital
Posterior auricular
Superficial temporal
Maxillary

Question 2

What are the terminating branches of the external carotid artery?

Answer 2

Superficial temporal and maxillary

Question 3

What two arteries does the hypoglossal nerve follow along with?

Answer 3

Occipital and lingual arteries

Question 4

What does the descending branch of the occipital artery anastomose with?

Answer 4

Vertebral artery
Costocervical trunk
Thyrocervical trunk

Question 5

If you were looking at a patient and their ears turned red, follow that red blood cell

Answer 5

Subclavian-> common carotid->External carotid-> posterior auricular -> Into the pinna

Question 6

What artery has the branches suprahyoid, dorsal lingual, sublingual, and deep lingual?

Answer 6

Lingual artery

Question 7

What artery has the branches pharyngeal, Palantine, prevertebral, inferior tympanic, meningeal?

Answer 7

Ascending pharyngeal

Question 8

Foramen lacerum

Answer 8

Meningeal artery goes through the foramen lacerum to the dura… The foramen lacerum is covered by fibrous CT

Question 9

Three divisions of the maxillary artery

Answer 9

Mandibular portion, pterygoid portion, pterygopalatine portion

Question 10

Superficial temporal artery

Answer 10

Smaller of the two terminal branches of the external carotid artery, begins in the substance of the parotid gland.
Innervates: TM joint, masseter, temporalis parotid, scalp, etc