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fa·cial ar·ter·y

[TA]
origin, anterior branch (typically, the third) of the external carotid; branches, ascending palatine, tonsillar and glandular branches, submental, inferior labial, superior labial, masseteric, buccal, lateral nasal branches, and angular.
Synonym(s): arteria facialis [TA], arteria maxillaris externa, external maxillary artery
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fa·cial ar·te·ry

(fā'shăl ahr'tĕr-ē) [TA]
Origin, external carotid; branches, ascending palatine, tonsillar and glandular branches, submental, inferior labial, superior labial, masseteric, buccal, lateral nasal branches, and angular.
Synonym(s): arteria facialis [TA] .
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012

facial artery

One of the main branches of the external carotid artery. The facial artery crosses the lower edge of the jaw bone about half way back and divides into numerous branches to supply the skin and muscles of the face and the lining of the mouth, throat and tonsil.
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fa·cial ar·te·ry

(fā'shăl ahr'tĕr-ē) [TA]
Origin, anterior branch (typically, the third) of the external carotid; branches, ascending palatine, tonsillar and glandular branches, submental, inferior labial, superior labial, masseteric, buccal, lateral nasal branches, and angular.
Synonym(s): external maxillary artery.
Medical Dictionary for the Dental Professions © Farlex 2012
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Shetty, "Reconstruction of intraoral defects using facial artery musculomucosal flap," British Journal of Plastic Surgery, vol.
FAMM flap in reconstructing postsurgical nasopharyngeal airway stenosis
Pseudoaneurysm of the proximal facial artery presenting as oropharyngeal hemorrhage.
Facial artery pseudoaneurysm after repair of mandibular fracture
The relevant musculature is best understood as it relates to the facial artery. The facial artery is deep to the platysma, risorius, zygomaticus major and minor, levator labii superioris, and levator labii superioris alaeque nasi muscles.
Efficacy of the nasolabial flap in reconstruction of small post-ablative defects of the orofacial region
Anatomical basis and results of the facial artery musculomucosal flap for oral reconstruction.
UTILIZATION OF NASOLABIAL FLAP FOR RECONSTRUCTION OF ORAL CAVITY DEFECTS
(2006) examined 284 half-heads and observed the behavior and distribution of the facial and upper lip arteries; in 47.5%, facial artery was bifurcated in the upper lip and in the lateral nasal arteries; in 8.4%, facial artery ends as the upper lip artery; and in 3.8%, the angle of the artery appears directly from facial artery rather than as the completion of the lateral nasal artery.
Biomethrics study of the upper and lower labial artery in human cadavers/Estudio biometrico de las arterias labiales superiores e inferiores en cadaveres humanos
Key Words: Marginal mandibular nerve facial artery rami relation.
Marginal mandibular nerve and its relation with lower border of mandible and facial artery
Color Doppler sonography of the facial artery in the anterior face.
Arterias mentolabiales bilaterales. Reporte de un caso/ Bilateral mentolabial arteries. A case report
The facial artery and the posterior facial vein groove the posterior part of the gland.
Modified submandibular sialoadenectomy
D) A collateral blood supply to the hemipalate exists from ascending palatine branch of facial artery.
MANAGEMENT OF PALATAL FISTULA WITH MODIFIED ALVEOLAR EXTENSION PALATOPLASTY - A PROMISING TECHNIQUE
All mandibular branches were above the mandibular margin as it crossed the facial artery. In 16 specimens, all branches passed over the facial artery; in the other 8, they straddled the facial artery.
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Distal to the parotid gland, danger areas where nerve branches became superficial were distal temporal, lower buccal, upper mandibular branches over the masseter muscle, marginal mandibular as it crossed the facial artery (Rudolph, 1990) (5).
A morphometrical study of branching pattern and anatomical relationships of the facial nerve on the face
Using the Test t of Student (Table I) it was not observed a significant difference (p [menor que o igual a] 0,05) among the pairs of the average of the distances between the origins of the lingual artery with the facial artery and the superior thyroid artery of both sides.
Ligadura extraoral de la arteria Lingual: estudio anatomico y topografico

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