External Carotid Artery
Description:[edit | edit source]
The external carotid artery is one of the two terminal branches of the common carotid artery which is smaller the the other branche (the internal carotid artery).
Course:[edit | edit source]
It's course passes under the submandibular gland and into the parotid gland.
Branches and divisions:[edit | edit source]
- Superior thyroid artery
- Ascending pharyngeal artery
- Lingual artery
- Facial artery
- Occipital artery
- Posterior auricular artery