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posterior auricular artery
Origin: external carotid artery
Branches:
1) muscular branches
a) digastric
b) stylohyoid
c) sternocleidomastoid
2) parotid branches
3) stylomastoid artery
4) occipital branch
5) auricular branch
Anastomoses:
1) anterior tympanic artery (via stylomastoid artery)
2) occipital artery
Course: Passes rostrally between the parotid gland & styloid process & between the cartilage of the auricle & mastoid process.
General
blood vessel
Properties
FORM: posterior auricular artery
ORIGIN: external carotid artery
References
Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
Components
intima; tunica intima
tunica media
vascular endothelium