Occipital artery
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The occipital artery, a posterior branch of the external carotid artery, opposite the facialfacial artery, near the lower margin of the posterior belly of the digastic muscle, and ends in the posterior part of the scalp.
Summary
- origin: branch of the external carotid artery at the level of the posterior belly of digastric muscle
- course: ascends posteriorly towards the occiput
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branches
- sternocleidomastoid branch
- auricular branch
- mastoid branch
- descending branches
- occipital branches
- termination: scalp over occipital bone
- key relationships: terminal portion accompanied by the greater occipital nerve
-<p>The <strong>occipital artery</strong>, a posterior branch of the <a href="/articles/external-carotid-artery-1">external carotid artery</a>, opposite the <a href="/articles/external-maxillary-artery">f</a><a title="Facial artery" href="/articles/facial-artery">acial artery</a>, near the lower margin of the posterior belly of the <a href="/articles/digastric-muscle">digastic muscle</a>, and ends in the posterior part of the <a href="/articles/scalp-1">scalp</a>.</p><h5>Summary</h5><ul>- +<p>The <strong>occipital artery</strong>, a posterior branch of the <a href="/articles/external-carotid-artery-1">external carotid artery</a>, opposite the <a title="Facial artery" href="/articles/facial-artery">facial artery</a>, near the lower margin of the posterior belly of the <a href="/articles/digastric-muscle">digastic muscle</a>, and ends in the posterior part of the <a href="/articles/scalp-1">scalp</a>.</p><h5>Summary</h5><ul>
References changed:
- 1. Albert L. Rhoton, Jr.. Rhoton's Cranial Anatomy and Surgical Approaches. (2019) ISBN: 9780190098506 - <a href="http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN9780190098506">Google Books</a>
- 2. Susan Standring. Gray's Anatomy. (2020) ISBN: 9780702077050 - <a href="http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN9780702077050">Google Books</a>
- 1. Susan Standring. Gray's Anatomy. <a href="https://books.google.co.uk/books?vid=ISBN9780702052309">ISBN: 9780702052309</a><span class="ref_v4"></span>
- 2. Last RJ, McMinn RMH. Last's Anatomy Regional and Applied. 9th ed. New York: Churchill Livingstone; 2003. p. 438.
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