Show pageOld revisionsBacklinksBack to top This page is read only. You can view the source, but not change it. Ask your administrator if you think this is wrong. ====== Facial Artery ====== * Facial artery * features * arises in carotid triangle from ECA * above the tip of greater cornu of hyoid bone * Then passes through submandibular region * enters face * Course * CERVICAL COURSE * tortuous course * allows free movements during swallowing * runs upwards on superior constrictor of pharynx * deep to posterior belly of digastric * with stylohyoid * to ramus of mandible * grooves posterior border of submandibular gland * s bend with two loops * winds over submandibular gland then to * over the ramus of mandible * FACIAL COURSE * enters face by swindling around base of mandible * pierces deep cervical fascia * at the anteroinferior angle of masseter muscle * palpated here called as "anaesthetist's artery" * upward and forward to a point 1.25 cm lateral to angle of mouth * ascends by side of nose * up to medial angle of eye * terminates by supplying lacrimal sac * anastomoses with dorsal nasal branch of ophthalmic artery * tortuous course * helps its walls from collapsing * lies between superficial and deep muscles of face * Branches * FACIAL PART * anterior branches * inferior labial - lower lip * superior labial - * upper lip * anteroinferior part of nasal septum * lateral nasal * ala and dorsum of nose * posterior branches are very small * CERVICAL PART * ascending palatine * goes upward between stylopharyngeus and styloglossus * tonsillar * submental * accompanies mylohyoid nerve * supplies submental triangle and sublingual salivary gland * glandular en/facial-artery.txt Last modified: 2023/06/16 13:33by 127.0.0.1