External carotid artery

External carotid artery
External carotid artery
	The external carotid artery arises from the common carotid artery and supplies structures in the face and neck.
Details
Precursor	1 and 2. aortic arches
Source	Common carotid artery
Branches	Superior thyroid, lingual, facial, ascending pharyngeal, occipital, posterior auricular, maxillary, superficial temporal
Identifiers
Latin	arteria carotis externa
MeSH	D002342
TA98	A12.2.05.001
TA2	4369
FMA	10635
	Anatomical terminology

The external carotid artery is the major artery of the head and upper neck. It arises from the common carotid artery. It terminates by splitting into the superficial temporal and maxillary artery within the parotid gland.^[1]