Facial Artery - Branches

Branches

The branches of the facial artery are:

  • cervical
    • Ascending palatine artery
    • Tonsillar branch
    • Submental artery
    • Glandular branches
  • facial
    • Inferior labial artery
    • Superior labial artery
    • Lateral nasal branch to nasalis muscle
    • Angular artery - the terminal branch

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  • first letter corresponds to first letter of each branch.

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