NOUN
- the branch of the carotid artery that supplies blood to the face and tongue and external parts of the head
How To Use external carotid artery In A Sentence
- If the external carotid artery territory is affected, sacrifice of the traumatized arterial segment is best performed with glue in our experience.
- Methods The external carotid artery of rat was ligated to observe the effect of PAMD on cerebral blood flow(CBF), cerebral vascular resistance(CVR), blood pressure(BP) and heart rate(HR).
- The external carotid artery is covered by the skin, superficial fascia, Platysma, deep fascia, and anterior margin of the Sternocleidomastoideus; it is crossed by the hypoglossal nerve, by the lingual, ranine, common facial, and superior thyroid veins; and by the Digastricus and Stylohyoideus; higher up it passes deeply into the substance of the parotid gland, where it lies deep to the facial nerve and the junction of the temporal and internal maxillary veins. VI. The Arteries. 3a. 2. The External Carotid Artery
- Results External carotid artery of dog simulates human intracranial internal carotid artery in the as.
- The transverse facial artery may arise directly from the external carotid artery.
- Page 471 the death-rate after deligation of the external carotid artery is practically nil. With Sabre and Scalpel. The Autobiography of a Soldier and Surgeon