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HEAD AND NECK 



lateral surface of the tonsil. At the upper border of the 

 stylo-hyoid it enters a deep groove in the posterior end of 

 the submaxillary gland. Emerging from this it turns down- 

 wards and anteriorly between the lateral surface of the gland 



Superficial temporal 



Frontal branch of 

 ophthalmic artery 

 Supra-orbital branch of 

 ophthalmic artery 



Middle temporal 

 Transverse facial 



Angular 

 Lateral nasal 



Infra-orbital 

 Superior labial 



Inferior labial 



.T. inferior 

 labial.) See p. 131 



Buccinator branch of internal maxillary 

 .External maxillary 

 FIG. 119. Arteries of the Face. 



and the internal pterygoid muscle, and turning round the lower 

 border of the mandible at the anterior border of the masseter 

 it enters the face. For details of its facial course see p. 129. 

 Four named branches spring from the external maxillary 

 artery in the cervical part of its course : 



