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1 — Vascular Anatomy
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Occipital artery Internal carotid artery
Vertebral artery Thyrocervical trunk
Costocervical trunk Right subclavian artery
Internal thoracic artery
Superficial temporal artery
Maxillary artery
Facial artery
External carotid artery Lingual artery
Superior thyroid artery Carotid sinus
Right common carotid artery Brachiocephalic artery Aortic arch
Figure 1-6 Illustration of the external carotid artery and its branches.
Anterior communicating artery
Horizontal segment of the anterior cerebral artery
Optic chiasm Right posterior communicating artery Posterior cerebral artery
Superior cerebellar artery Internal carotid artery Right external carotid artery
Vertebral artery
Common carotid artery Vertebral artery
Frontal lobe
Horizontal segment of the middle cerebral artery
Temporal lobe
Left posterior communicating artery Basiliar artery
Posterior inferior cerebellar artery Anterior spinal artery
Internal carotid artery
Left external carotid artery
Common carotid artery
Right subclavian artery Brachiocephalic trunk
Subclavian artery
Figure 1-7 Diagram indicating the orientation of the vertebral arteries through the cervical vertebrae and into the cranial cavity.