IJAR.2020.211
Type of Article: Case Report
Volume 8; Issue 4.1 (November 2020)
Page No.: 7767-7770
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.16965/ijar.2020.211
AN UNDOCUMENTED RARE BRANCHING PATTERN OF EXTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY
Sonu *1, Sunita Kalra 2.
Department of Anatomy, University College of Medical Sciences and Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, Delhi, India.
Corresponding author: Dr. Sonu, Senior Resident, Department of Anatomy, University College of Medical Sciences and Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, Dilshad Garden, Delhi-110095Phone: 9560580484 E-Mail: supreetkaur20@gmail.com
ABSTRACT
The external carotid arterial system supplies the areas of head and neck region. The knowledge of possible anatomical variations occurring in branching pattern of external carotid artery is crucial especially in the surgeries of head, neck and face; as well as for interpretation of radiological investigations like angiograms. During routine dissection of head and region for undergraduate students we discovered common trunk for lingual, facial and ascending pharyngeal arteries. Also, the occipital artery is arising just before the common trunk from the external carotid artery.
Key words: External carotid artery, branches, common trunk, occipital artery.
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