Learning Objectives

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

  • To study the origin and course of the carotid artery in thorax, neck and head region.
  • To study the blood supply to head , neck and anterior thorax.
  • To learn carotid sheath structures in the neck.
  • To study the carotid trifurcation and blood supply to the face.
  • To study about Rete mirabile cerebri- a capillary network below the base of brain.
  • To also learn about the blood supply to the various parts of brain by circle of Willis.
  • It helpsthe clinician to examine and recored arterial pulse in large animals by palpation of external maxillary artery.
  • It gives better understanding for the surgical approches in face by avoiding the vascular damage.
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