The suprascapular artery gives of an acromial branch, which pierces the Trapezius and supplies the skin over the acromion, anastomosing with the thoracoacromial artery.
This article incorporates text from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy.
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List of arteries of head and neck (TA A12.2.05–08, GA 6.549)
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EC
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sup. thyroid
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- superior laryngeal
- sternocleidomastoid branch
- infrahyoid branch
- cricothyroid branch
- glandular branches
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asc. pharyngeal
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- posterior meningeal
- pharyngeal branches
- inferior tympanic
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lingual
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- suprahyoid
- dorsal lingual
- deep lingual
- sublingual
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facial
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- cervical branches (ascending palatine, tonsillar, submental, glandular)
- facial branches (inferior labial
- superior labial / nasal septum
- lateral nasal
- angular)
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occipital
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- sternocleidomastoid
- meningeal
- occipital
- auricular
- descending
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post. auricular
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- stylomastoid
- stapedial
- auricular
- occipital
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sup. temporal
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- transverse facial
- middle temporal (zygomatico-orbital)
- anterior auricular
- frontal
- parietal
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maxillary
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1st part / mandibular
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- anterior tympanic
- deep auricular
- middle meningeal (superior tympanic, petrosal)
- accessory meningeal
- inferior alveolar (mental, mylohyoid)
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2nd part / pterygoid
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- to muscles of mastication (deep temporal, pterygoid, masseteric)
- buccal
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3rd part / pterygopalatine
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- posterior superior alveolar
- infraorbital (anterior superior alveolar)
- descending palatine (greater palatine, lesser palatine)
- artery of the pterygoid canal
- sphenopalatine (posterior septal branches, posterior lateral nasal)
- pharyngeal
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IC
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cervical
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petrous
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cavernous/
ophthalmic
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- orbital group:anterior ethmoidal (anterior septal, anterior lateral nasal, anterior meningeal)
- posterior ethmoidal
- lacrimal (lateral palpebral)
- medial palpebral
- terminal (supraorbital, supratrochlear, dorsal nasal)
ocular group: central retinal
- ciliary (short posterior, long posterior, anterior)
- hypophysial (superior, inferior)
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Willis/Cerebral
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- ACA (anterior communicating, medial striate)
- MCA (anterolateral central, Orbitofrontal artery, Prefrontal artery, Superior terminal branch, Inferior terminal branch, Anterior temporal branch)
- posterior communicating
- anterior choroidal
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vertebral artery
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- meningeal
- spinal (posterior, anterior)
- basilar: pontine
- labyrinthine
- cerebellar (AICA, SCA, PICA)
- cerebral (PCA)
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thyrocervical trunk
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inferior thyroid
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- inferior laryngeal
- tracheal
- esophageal
- ascending cervical
- pharyngeal
- glandular branches
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transverse cervical
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- superficial branch
- deep branch / dorsal scapular
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suprascapular
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costocervical trunk
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- deep cervical
- Supreme Intercostal artery
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