External carotid artery

External carotid artery

1. Superior thyroid

2. Ascending pharyngeal

   • Pharyngeal
   • Inferior tympanic
   • Posterior meningeal

3. Lingual

   • Suprahyoid
   • Dorsal lingual
   • Sublingual
   • Deep artery of tongue

4. Facial

   • Ascending palatine
   • Tonsillar
   • Glandular branches
   • Submental
   • Inferior labial
   • Superior labial
   • Lateral nasal
   • Angular

5. Occipital

   • 2 branches to SCM muscle
   • Descending branch
   • Auricular branch
   • Mastoid branch
   • Occipital branch

6. Posterior auricular

   • Glandular branch
   • Auricular branch
   • Occipital branch
   • Stylomastoid artery
     • Posterior tympanic artery
     • Mastoid branch
     • Stapedius branch

7. Superficial temporal

   • Traverse facial
   • Anterior auricular branch
   • Zygomatico-orbital
   • Middle temporal
   • Frontal branch
   • Parietal branch

8. Maxillary

   • 1st part
     • 2nd part
       • 3rd part
         • Posterior superior alveolar
         • Infraorbital
           • Orbital br.
           • ant. sup. alveolar br.
         • Descending palatine
           • Greater palatine aa.
           • Lesser palatine aa.
         • Pharyngeal
         • Artery of pterygoid canal
         • Sphenopalatine artery
           • posterior lateral nasal br.
           • posterior septal nasal br.
       • Deep temporal br.
       • Pterygoid br.
       • Masseteric a.
       • Buccal a.
     • Deep auricular
     • Anterior tympanic
     • Middle meningeal
       • Frontal br.
       • Parietal br.
       • Ganglionic br.
       • Petrosal br.
       • Superior tympanic
       • Anastomotic br.
       • Accessory meningeal a.
     • Inferior alveolar