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ARTERIAL SYSTEM. 



THE ARTERIAL SYSTEM.-Continued. 



3- 

 External 



Carotid. 

 (Continued.) 



Post. Auricular. 



Ascending 



Pharyngeal. 



TEMPORAL. 



INTERNAL 

 MAXILLARY 

 Divisions : 



1. Maxillary. - 



2. Pterygoid. 



3. Spheno- 

 maxillary. 



Branches (small), to muscles and glands. 



/anas, with Tympanic of Int 

 Stylo-mastoid < Maxil. forming vascular cir- 



I- cle around tympanum. 

 Auricular, to cartilage of ear. 



External Branches, to muscles and nerves. 

 Meningeal Branches, to dura mater. 

 Pharyngeal Branches, 3 or 4 in number. 



Transverse Facial, lies on the masseter. 

 Anterior Auricular Branches, to pinna, etc. 

 Middle Temporal, supplies that muscle. 

 Anterior Temporal. Its brs. directed backward. 

 Posterior Temporal, along side of head. 



. f to memb. tympani, anas.with Stylo* 



< mastoid and Vidian arteries. 

 Mid. Meningeal, to dura and cranial bones. 

 Small Meningeal, to dura and Gasserian gang. 



rMylo-hyoid, in that groove. 

 Inferior Dental Uncisor 



^.Mental, 



Deep Temporal (2), under temporal muscle. 

 Pterygoid Brs., to pterygoid muscles. 

 Masseteric, to deep surface of masseter. 

 Buccal, a small br. to buccinator. 



Alveolar 



r. Dental, to molars, bicuspids. 

 { Branches, to antrum, gums, etc. 

 Infraorbital, has several brs. in canal. 

 Post. (Desc.) Palatine, to palate, glands, etc. 

 Vidian, to Eustachian tube and pharynx. 

 Pterygo-palatine,io Eustach.tube and pharynx. 

 f Artery of Septum, to septum. 

 Spheno- Palatine] External Branches (3), to 



or Nasal. the nares > antrum . eth ' 



^ moid and sphenoid cells. 



