MEDIVEERSETHE PRACTICAL HUBHead & 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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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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Sinus is a baroreceptor region; carotid body is a peripheral chemoreceptor.
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Tortuous artery supplying face and related pharyngeal/palatal structures.
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Major artery of tongue and floor-of-mouth regions.
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Terminal ECA branch supplying deep face, teeth, dura and nasal/palatal regions.
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Major dural arterial supply.
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Supplies temporal scalp and adjacent regions.
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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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Drains superficial head and neck territories.
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Connects deep facial and superficial venous drainage.
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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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