Anatomy study note · Head and neck

Arteries of the face

The face is supplied mainly by the facial artery and by the superficial temporal artery, the smaller terminal branch of the external carotid; small arteries accompany the cutaneous nerves.

Key points

• Facial a.: around the mandible at masseter → angle of mouth → medial angle of eye.
• Branches: submental, inferior + superior labial, lateral nasal, angular.
• Superficial temporal a.: transverse facial, frontal and parietal branches.
• Pulses: facial (mandible) and superficial temporal (zygomatic arch).
• ECA (and its facial branches): bud from the 3rd arch artery.
• Artery: intima / media (smooth muscle) / adventitia.
• Most named arteries are muscular; aorta is elastic.

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Written from

• Snell’s Clinical Anatomy by Regions, 10th ed., ch. 12, PDF pp. 1521–1522, 1533–1534, 1609
• Inderbir Singh’s Human Embryology, ch. 15, PDF pp. 249, 251
• BRS Cell Biology & Histology, 7th ed., ch. 11, PDF pp. 197–199

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