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frontal branches of the ophthalmic also, and the parietal 

 with the posterior auricular and the occipital arteries. Whilst 

 it is still under cover of the parotid it gives branches to the 



Facial nerve 

 Posterior 

 auricular 



Digastric 

 Occipital artery 



Great auricular 



Superficial 



temporal arteries 

 I Zygomatico- 

 mL temporal nerve 



\ Auriculo-temporal 

 '? nerve 



Parotid 



Internal carotid -- 

 External carotid 

 eternal jugular vein 

 Nervus cutaneus 



colli | 



Communicans - 

 cervicalis 



Parotid duct 

 Transverse facial 



Buccinator 



Masseter 



Ext. maxillary artery and 

 anterior facial vein 

 Submaxillary gland 

 Hypoglossal nerve 

 Lingual artery 

 Superior thyreoid artery 

 \ Thyreo-hyoid muscle 

 Ansa hypoglossi 



FIG. i2i. Dissection of the Parotid Region and the upper part of the 

 Anterior Triangle of the Neck. 



Sterno-mastoid 



gland ; anterior auricular branches to the auricle ; the transverse 

 facial, which passes along the lower border of the zygomatic 

 arch across the masseter. As the superficial temporal crosses 

 the zygoma it gives off a zygomatico-orbital branch, which runs 

 to the lateral border of the orbit, and a middle temporal 



