THE ASCEXDIXir PHARYXGEAL 



1. Ascending pharyngeal Ascending set. 



2. Superior thyroid '\ 



3. Lingual - Anterior set. 



4. Facial S 



5. Occipital Id*- * 



6. Posterior auricular \ P^-'^tenor set. 



7. Temporal I rp . , , 



8. Internal maxillary J Termmal set. 



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1. THE ASCENDING PHARYNGEAL ARTERY 



The ascending pharyngeal artery is usually the first or second branch of tlie 

 external carotid. (Jccasionallv it comes off at the bifvircation of the common 



Fig. 331.— Scheme of Right Ascending Pharyngeal Aktery. (Walsham. 

 The internal carotid artery is hooked aside. 



Meningeal hranchpassiiig i/irotif/h 

 niUldle lacerated foramen 



I)/mpanic branch 



Meningeal branch passing throvgh 



jugular foramen 



Meninge'il branch passing through 



anterior condyloid foratuen 



Stylo-pharyngeus 



GLOSSO-PHARYXGEAL 

 SER VE 



Orrijiilal artery 

 Reetua capitis antieus 

 major 

 A.<cend i II g pharyngeal 



iirtery 



Middle constrictor of 



pharynx 



SYMPA THETTC SERVE 

 Internal carotid artery 

 External carotid artery 



Intracranial part of internal 

 carotid 



Intraosseous part of internal 

 carotid 



Levator palati 

 Palatine branch 



Buccinator muscle 



Superior constrictor 

 of pharynx 



Pterygo-maxillary 

 ligament 



Stylo-glossus 



Ascending palatine branch 

 of facial artery 



Tonsillar branch of facial artery 



Lingual artery 

 Superior thyroid artery 



Common carotid artery 



carotid from the common carotid itself. It is a long slender vessel, the smallest 

 named braneli of the external carotid, and runs deeply seated up the neck to the 

 base of the skull, having the walls of the pharynx and the tonsil internally, the 

 internal carotid artery externally, and the vertebral column, the rectus ca]»itis 

 antieus major, and the sympathetic nerve posteriorly. In front it is crossed by 

 the stylo-glossus (see fig. 331 J and stylo-pharyngeus muscks and the glosso-pharyn- 

 geal nerve. 



Beaxches of the Ascending Pharyngeal Artery 



The ascending pharyngeal artery gives oflP the folL^wing branches: — H) Pre- 

 vertebral; (2 ) pharyngeal; (3) palatine; (4) tympanic; (5) meningeal. 



(1) The prevertebral are distributed to the recti muscles, the fascia in front of 

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