Occipital branch of posterior auricular artery

Occipital branch of posterior auricular artery
Occipital branch of posterior auricular artery
	The arteries of the face and scalp.
	Lateral head anatomy detail
Details
Source	posterior auricular artery
Identifiers
Latin	ramus occipitalis arteriae auricularis posterioris
TA98	A12.2.05.043; A14.2.01.103
TA2	4411
FMA	49644
	Anatomical terminology [edit on Wikidata]

The occipital branch of posterior auricular artery passes backward, over the Sternocleidomastoideus, to the scalp above and behind the ear. It supplies the Occipitalis and the scalp in this situation and anastomoses with the occipital artery.

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 557 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

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