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Carotis externa. 



A.coran. 

 abii inf. 



Alabial.inf, 



Carotis 

 commun 



535, The Arteries of the Face and Pericranium. 



From the inner side of the external carotid arises: 



d) The ascending p h a r y n g e a 1 a r t e r y, Art. pliaryngea ascendens, 

 which ascends at the side of the pharynx, and, dividing into two branches, 

 supplies the posterior wall of the pharynx (see Fig. 542). 



From the posterior portion of the external carotid arise : 



e) The occipital artery, Art. occipttalis. At its origin it is covered 

 liy the posterior belly of the digastric muscle, then passes beneath the M. sterno- 

 cleido-mastoidens to the occiput, where it divides into two terminal branches and 

 supplies the soft parts up to the vertex. It gives off the mastoid artery, 

 Art. mastoidea, which passes through the mastoid foramen to the dura mater, 

 and the Art. cervicalis dcscendens to the muscles at the back of the neck. 



