Head & Neck
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Skull, deep spaces, glands, pharynx, ear, nerves and vessels.
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Common carotid artery
Main arterial trunk that usually bifurcates near the upper border of thyroid cartilage.
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External carotid artery
Supplies much of the external head and neck.
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Internal carotid artery
Supplies intracranial structures and orbit through its branches.
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Carotid sinus and body
Sinus is a baroreceptor region; carotid body is a peripheral chemoreceptor.
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Facial artery
Tortuous artery supplying face and related pharyngeal/palatal structures.
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Lingual artery
Major artery of tongue and floor-of-mouth regions.
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Maxillary artery
Terminal ECA branch supplying deep face, teeth, dura and nasal/palatal regions.
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Middle meningeal artery
Major dural arterial supply.
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Superficial temporal artery
Supplies temporal scalp and adjacent regions.
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Vertebral artery
Contributes to posterior cerebral circulation.
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Internal jugular vein
Major venous drainage pathway from brain, deep face and neck.
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External jugular vein
Drains superficial head and neck territories.
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Retromandibular vein
Connects deep facial and superficial venous drainage.
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Pterygoid venous plexus
Venous network of the infratemporal region.
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Cavernous sinus
Paired dural venous space with important neurovascular relations.
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Deep cervical lymph nodes
Receive drainage from many head-and-neck lymphatic groups.
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