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Facial artery   /fˈeɪʃəl ˈɑrtəri/   Listen
Facial artery

noun
1.
An artery that originates in the external carotid and gives off branches that supply the neck and face.  Synonyms: arteria facialis, external maxillary artery.






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"Facial artery" Quotes from Famous Books



... It would be possible, while relaxing the sterno-mastoid muscle, to compress either the common carotid artery or its main branches against the cervical vertebral column, if pressure were made in a direction backwards and inwards. The facial artery V, which springs from the external carotid, D, may be compressed against the horizontal ramus of the lower jaw-bone at the anterior border of the masseter muscle. The temporal artery, as it ascends over the root of the zygoma, may be compressed effectually ...
— Surgical Anatomy • Joseph Maclise



Words linked to "Facial artery" :   arteria maxillaris, maxillary artery



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