Facial artery
Blood vessel supplying blood to the superficial face / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The facial artery (external maxillary artery in older texts) is a branch of the external carotid artery that supplies structures of the superficial face.
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Facial artery | |
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Details | |
Source | external carotid artery |
Branches | Ascending palatine artery Tonsillar branch Submental artery Glandular branches Inferior labial artery Superior labial artery Lateral nasal branch Angular artery (terminal branch) |
Vein | anterior facial vein, posterior facial vein |
Identifiers | |
Latin | arteria facialis, arteria maxillaris externa |
TA98 | A12.2.05.020 |
TA2 | 4388 |
FMA | 49549 |
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