Occipital branch of posterior auricular artery

Occipital branch of posterior auricular artery
Artery: Occipital branch of posterior auricular artery
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The arteries of the face and scalp.
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Lateral head anatomy detail
Latin ramus occipitalis arteriae auricularis posterioris
Gray's subject #144 557
Source posterior auricular artery   

The occipital branch of posterior auricular artery passes backward, over the Sternocleidomastoideus, to the scalp above and behind the ear. It supplies the Occipitalis and the scalp in this situation and anastomoses with the occipital artery.

This article was originally based on an entry from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy. As such, some of the information contained within it may be outdated.

v · d · eList of arteries of head and neck (TA A12.2.05–08, GA 6.549)
CC
cervical branches (ascending palatine, tonsillar, submental, glandular) · facial branches (inferior labial, superior labial / nasal septum, lateral nasal, angular)
stylomastoid · stapedial · auricular · occipital
1st part / mandibular
2nd part / pterygoid
3rd part / pterygopalatine

orbital group:anterior ethmoidal (anterior septal, anterior lateral nasal, anterior meningeal) · posterior ethmoidal · lacrimal (lateral palpebral) · medial palpebral · terminal (supraorbital, supratrochlear, dorsal nasal)

ocular group: central retinal · ciliary (short posterior, long posterior, anterior) · hypophysial (superior, inferior)
ACA (anterior communicating, medial striate) · MCA (anterolateral central, Orbitofrontal artery, Prefrontal artery, Superior terminal branch, Inferior terminal branch, Anterior temporal branch) · posterior communicating · anterior choroidal
SC
meningeal · spinal (posterior, anterior) · basilar: pontine · labyrinthine · cerebellar (AICA, SCA, PICA)  · cerebral (PCA)

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