Dental Gross Exam 3 Head And Neck First Part

Front 1

The face is richly supplied with _________. The ends of these arteries _________ ________.

Back 1

vasculature, anastomose freely

Front 2

facial artery origin

Back 2

external carotid artery

Front 3

facial artery course

Back 3

- usually runs deep to the submandibular gland
-crosses mandible anterior to masseter m. and enters the face
- follows tortuous course toward medial canthus of eye
- deep to superficial facial muscles

Front 4

Branches of the facial artery in the neck

Back 4

- do not reach the face , named accroding to main areas of termination

-ascending palatine a.
-tonsillar a.
submandibular a.
submental a.

Front 5

branches of the facial artery in the face

Back 5

1- inferior labial a. - runs medially in and supplied the lower lip
2- superior labial a. - runs medially in and supplies the upper lip, nasal ala and septum
3- lateral nasal a. - passes medially to the ala of the nose to supply the skin on the ala and dorsum of the nose
4- angular a. ( end artery after the lateral nasal branch )- terminal branch of the facial artery passing to the medial canthus of the eye to supply to superior part of thr cheek and the inferior eyelid

Front 6

connections of the facial artery

Back 6

- buccal branch of maxillary a.
-transverse facial a.
- infraorbital branch of the maxillary a.
-dorsal nasal branch of opthalmic a.
-mental branch of the maxillary a.

Front 7

buccal branch of maxillary a

Back 7

near buccinator m.

Front 8

transverse facial a

Back 8

branch of the superficial temporal artery within parotid gland; crosses face superficial to the masseter and inferior to the zygomatic arch; suplies parotid gland and duct ; tissues of the face

Front 9

mental branch of the maxiallry a.

Back 9

terminal brnach of the inferior alveolar artery, emerges from the mental foramen to supply skin and tissues of the chin

Front 10

other arteries of the face

Back 10

1- supraorbital branch of opthalmic a.
2-supratrochlear branch of opthalmic a.
3- superficial temporal a
- smaller terminal branch of the external carotid a.
-divides into frontal and parietal branches

Front 11

______ of the face have a similar distribution to the arteries

Back 11

veins

Front 12

facial vein origin

Back 12

- supraorbital vein
- supratrochlear vein
-anastomosis between intracranial and extracranial veins

Front 13

_____ _____ formed by the supraorbital and suprtrochlear veins

Back 13

angular vein

Front 14

course of the facial vein

Back 14

- posterolateral to facial a.
- straighter than facial a.
-more superficial than facial a. in submandibular triangle

Front 15

veins of the face also have ________ that correspond to brnches of the facial artery , and they have no _____

Back 15

tributaries, valves