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occipital artery
Origin: external carotid artery
Branches:
1) sternocleidomastoid
2) meningeal
3) auricular
4) occipital
5) mastoid
6) descending
Anastomoses:
1) posterior auricular artery
2) superficial temporal artery
Related
lateral occipital artery
medial occipital artery (P4 segment of posterior cerebral artery)
General
blood vessel
Properties
FORM: occipital artery
ORIGIN: external carotid artery
References
Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
Components
intima; tunica intima
tunica media
vascular endothelium