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PRACTICAL ANATOMY. 



Two Posterior. 



Occipital. Arises opposite to facial, passes backward, 

 lies in occipital groove, and sends off muscular, auricu- 

 lar, meningeal, and arteria princeps cervicis, which runs 

 down and anastomoses with the profunda cervicis. 



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FIG. 108. ARTERIES OK FACE AND HEAD. 



1, common carotid ; 2, internal carotid ; 3, external carotid : 4, occipital ; 5, 

 superior thyroid ; 7, lingual i; 9, facial : 10, temporal ; 11, submental ; 12, trans- 

 verse facial; 13, inferior labial; 15, 17, inferior and superior coronary ; 19, lateral 

 nasal ; 21, angular. 



Posterior Auricular. Arises in parotid gland, often 

 beneath it, and sends off stylo-mastoid and auricular. 



Temporal. Arises in the parotid gland, crosses the 

 zygoma, and divides into the anterior and posterior 

 terminal branches. The temporal sends off the trans- 

 verse facial, anterior auricular, and middle temporal. 



