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18 Cards in this Set
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branches of common carotid a.
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causal thyroid a.
cranial thyroid a. internal carotid a. external carotid a. |
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caudal thyroid a.
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o: from base of common carotid aa. or from brachiocephalic trunk
supplies: trachea, esophagus, thyroid gland |
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cranial thyroid a.
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O: near thyroid gland (some branches directly from common carotid a.)
Supplies: thyroid gland, parathyroid gland, pharyngeal mm., larynx, cervical trachea, cervical esophagus |
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termination of common carotid a.
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Internal & external carotid aa.
Medial to medial retropharyngeal ln., near basihyoid bone. |
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receptors of internal carotid a.
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Carotid sinus - bulbous enlargement - baroreceptor
Carotid body - at bifurcation - chemoreceptor |
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carotid sinus innervation
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carotid sinus br. of glossopharyngeal n.
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internal carotid a. course through skull
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through tympano-occipital fissure - carotid canal - emerges & loops back in at foramen lacerum - through one layer of dura mater - sinus between dura layers (cooling mechanism) - subarachnoid space
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internal carotid a. trifurcation
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middle cerebral a.
rostral cerebral a. caudal communicating a. with basilar a., go to cerebral arterial circle then brain |
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external carotid a. branches
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Occipital a.
Cranial laryngeal a. Ascending pharyngeal a. Lingual a. Facial a. (sublingual a.) Caudal auricular a. Superficial temporal a. (rostral auricular a., transverse facial a.) Maxillary a. |
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occipital a.
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Muscles on caudal aspect of skull
Meninges Anastomoses with vertebral a. |
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cranial laryngeal a.
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Pharyngeal mm.
Larynx Location: between hyopharyngeus, thyropharyngeus, and thyrohyoideus mm. Going ventral from external carotid a. |
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ascending pharyngeal a.
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Soft palate
Pharynx O: cranial to occipital a., going dorsal from external carotid a. Anastomoses with internal carotid a. |
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lingual a.
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Tongue (primary a. supplying)
Palatine tonsils Location: ventral surface of tongue. Proximally, runs with hypoglossal n. O: Cranial to cranial laryngeal a. Goes ventral from external carotid a. |
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facial a.
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Mandibular and sublingual salivary glands
Br. to face and nose O: cranial to lingual a. Goes ventral from external carotid a. |
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sublingual a.
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Floor of mouth including mylohyoideus and geniohyoideus
Tongue O: from facial a. |
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caudal auricular a.
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Ear
Br. to: facial n., parotid and mandibular salivary glands, brachiocephalicus m., sternocephalicus m., temporalis m. O: Cranial to occipital a. Variable origin. |
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superficial temporal a. branches
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Masseteric a.
Transverse facial a. Rostral auricular a. Temporal brs. Superior and inferior palpebral aa. O: cranial to caudal auricular a. |
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maxillary a.
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continuation of external carotid a. after branching of superficial temporal a.
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