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59 The arteries I

Superficial
temporal
Foramen spinosum
Middle meningeal
Maxillary
Occipital
Facial Tonsillar branch
Dorsal
lingual Hypoglossal nerve
Internal carotid
Lingual
External carotid
Carotid sinus
Laryngeal branch
Superior thyroid
Recurrent laryngeal
nerve
Thyroid
Inferior thyroid
Thyrocervical trunk
Subclavian
Fig.59.1
The course and main branches of the external carotid artery.
The inferior thyroid artery is also shown

Fig.59.3
Carotid angiogram showing internal carotid stenosis

Striate arteries
Middle cerebral
Anterior cerebral Posterior communicating
Posterior cerebral
Superior cerebellar
Cavernous sinus
Anterior clinoid process
Internal auditory
Central artery
Anterior inferior cerebellar
of retina
Ophthalmic Vertebral
artery Posterior inferior cerebellar
Optic canal
Foramen Anterior and posterior spinal
lacerum Carotid canal
Abducent Internal
nerve carotid
Fig.59.2
The intracranial course of the internal carotid artery.
The intracranial parts of the two vertebral arteries are also shown diagrammatically
although they are in a different plane

132 Head and neck