GREAT VESSELS AND NERVES OF NECK 299 



1. Ascending palatine. 



2. The tonsillar. 



3. Glandular. 

 - 4. The submental. 



Arteria Palatina Ascendens. The ascending palatine 

 branch is given off for the supply of the soft palate, but 

 it distributes branches to the tonsil and auditory (O.T. 

 Eustachian) tube also. It ascends between the stylo- 



Superficial 



temporal artery 

 Internal maxil- 

 lary artery 



Posterior auricu- 

 lar artery 



External carotid 



Occipital artery. 



Sterno-mastoid artery 



Hypoglossal nerve 



Ascending pharyngeal artery 



Internal carotid artery 

 Descendens hypoglossi 



Superior thyreoid artery 

 Sterno-mastoid artery 



Submental 



artery 



External maxillary 

 artery 



Hyoid bone 



Lingual artery 

 Inferior hyoid artery 



Internal laryngeal artery 

 Prominentia laryngea 



Sterno-hyoid 



Common carotid artery 



Omo-hyoid 



FIG. 120. Diagram of the External Carotid Artery and 

 its Branches. 



pharyngeus and stylo-glossus muscles, and will be seen when 

 the styloid process is reflected. 



Ramus Tonsillaris. The tonsillar branch runs upwards 

 between the internal pterygoid and stylo-glossus muscles, then 

 turns medially, pierces the superior constrictor, and enters 

 the tonsil. 



The glandular branches are given to the submaxillary 

 gland as the external maxillary artery passes through it. 



