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Auricular branch of occipital artery

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Auricular branch of occipital artery
Superficial dissection of the right side of the neck, showing the carotid and subclavian arteries
Details
SourceOccipital artery
Identifiers
Latinramus auricularis arteriae occipitalis
TA98A12.2.05.032
TA24400
FMA49602
Anatomical terminology[edit on Wikidata]

The auricular branch of occipital artery supplies the back of the concha and frequently gives off a branch, which enters the skull through the mastoid foramen and supplies the dura mater, the diploë, and the mastoid cells; this latter branch sometimes arises from the occipital artery, and is then known as the mastoid branch.

References

Public domain This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 556 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

Arteries of the head and neck
CCA
ECA
sup. thyroid
asc. pharyngeal
lingual
facial
occipital
post. auricular
supf. temporal
maxillary
1st part / mandibular
2nd part / pterygoid
3rd part / pterygopalatine
ICA
cervical
petrous
cavernous/
ophthalmic

ocular group: central retinal

brain
ScA
vertebral artery
thyrocervical trunk
inferior thyroid
transverse cervical
suprascapular
costocervical trunk
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