List of arteries of head and neck
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Anterior: CC/EC
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superior thyroid (superior laryngeal) - lingual (sublingual)
facial: cervical branches (ascending palatine, tonsillar, submental, glandular) - facial branches (inferior labial, superior labial, lateral nasal, angular)
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Posterior and ascending: CC/EC
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occipital - posterior auricular (stylomastoid) - ascending pharyngeal (meningeal branches)
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Terminal, superficial temporal: CC/EC
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transverse facial - middle temporal (zygomaticoörbital) - anterior auricular - frontal - parietal
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Terminal, maxillary: CC/EC
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1st part: anterior tympanic - deep auricular - middle meningeal (superior tympanic) - accessory meningeal - inferior alveolar (mylohyoid)
2nd part: deep temporal - pterygoid branches - masseteric - buccal
3rd part: posterior superior alveolar - infraorbital (anterior superior alveolar) - descending palatine - artery of the pterygoid canal - sphenopalatine
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portions #1 and 2: CC/IC
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cervical portion (carotid sinus) - petrous portion (Vidian, caroticotympanic)
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cavernous portion/ophthalmic: CC/IC
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orbital group: lacrimal (lateral palpebral) - supraorbital - posterior ethmoidal - anterior ethmoidal - medial palpebral - supratrochlear - dorsal nasal
ocular group: central retinal - ciliary (short posterior, long posterior, anterior) - superior hypophysial - inferior hypophysial
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cerebral portion: CC/IC
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ACA - anterior communicating - MCA (anterolateral central) - posterior communicating - anterior choroidal - circle of Willis
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vertebral artery: SC
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meningeal branches - posterior spinal - anterior spinal - PICA - basilar (pontine, labyrinthine, AICA, SCA, PCA)
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thyrocervical trunk: SC
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inferior thyroid (inferior laryngeal, tracheal, esophageal, ascending cervical) - suprascapular - transverse cervical - dorsal scapular
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