external carotid artery
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Origin
common carotid artery at level of C4
Branches
- superior thyroid artery
- lingual artery
- facial artery
- occipital artery
- posterior auricular artery
- ascending pharyngeal artery
- maxillary artery*
- superficial temporal artery*
* terminates as maxillary & superficial temporal arteries at the level of the neck of the mandible
Distribution
- face
Notes
- sympathetic innervation of sweat glands follows external carotid artery[2]
More general terms
References
- ↑ Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 NEJM Knowledge+ Question of the Week Feb 18, 2020 https://knowledgeplus.nejm.org/question-of-week/1356/