Posterior auricular artery
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The posterior auricular artery is a branch of the external carotid artery and supplies scalp posterior to the auricle and the auricle itself.
Summary
- origin: branch of the external carotid artery above digastric and stylohyoid opposite the styloid process
- course: ascends beneath the parotid toward the ear
- supply: scalp and auricle
- termination: scalp posterior to auricle
-<strong>supply</strong>: <a href="/articles/scalp-1">scalp</a> and <a href="/articles/auricle">auricle</a>- +<strong>supply</strong>: <a href="/articles/scalp-1">scalp</a> and <a href="/articles/external-ear">auricle</a>
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