Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Stedman's > external carotid artery

external carotid artery

origin, common carotid at C-4 vertebral level; branches, superior thyroid, lingual, facial, occipital, posterior auricular, ascending pharyngeal, and terminal branches, maxillary and superficial temporal at level of neck of mandible.

Synonym(s): arteria carotis externaTA




 

 

 

 

 

 



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