External maxillary artery
EXTERNAL MAXILLARY ARTERY
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Collateral branches
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Pharyngeal and palatine branches to the pharynx and soft palate.
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Branches to the parotid salivary gland.
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The lingual artery is large, runs in company with the glossopharyngeal nerve reaches the anterior extremity of the tongue.
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It supplies branches to the muscles of the tongue and mucous membrane, submaxillary salivary gland it detaches a sublingual artery to the sublingual salivary gland.
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The inferior labial artery is a slender vessel, which passes in company with the ventral buccal nerve along the inferior border of the depressor labii inferioris and it furnishes branches to the buccinator, cutaneous muscle, skin and the lower lip.
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The superior labial artery supplies branches to masseter, zygomaticus, malaris and muscles of the upper lip and cheek and terminates in the nostril.
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Last modified: Sunday, 16 October 2011, 11:57 AM