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ANATOMY. 



It is also crossed above by the facial, lingual, and superior thyroid veins, below 

 by the anterior jugular vein, and on the left side often by the internal jugular 

 vein. It bifurcates, at the level of the upper border of the thyroid cartilage, 

 into the External and Internal Carotids^ of which the internal is the most re- 

 mote from the median line. 



Name the Branches and Sub-branches of the External Carotid Ais 

 tery. 2 (Fig. 55.) It has 8 branches, as follows, viz. 



Superior Thyroid^ arising below the greater cornu of the hyoid bone. 

 Muscular. Hyoid. Superior Laryngeal. 



Glandular. Superficial Descending. Crico-thyroid. 



Lingual? under the hyo-glossus muscle to the tongue. 

 Hyoid. Dorsalis Linguae. Sublingual. Ranine. 



THE RIGHT INTERNAL MAXILLARY ARTERY 



FIG. 55 



Facial* crosses the lower jaw at the anterior angle of the masseter. 

 Inferior or Ascending Palatine. Submental. 7 2 Coronary. 89 



Tonsillar. Muscular. Lateralis Nasi. 



Submaxillary. Inferior Labial. Angular. 



