Occipital artery information

The occipital artery is a branch of the external carotid artery that provides arterial supply to the back of the scalp, sternocleidomastoid muscles, and...

The posterior cerebral artery (PCA) is one of a pair of cerebral arteries that supply oxygenated blood to the occipital lobe, part of the back of the human...

The occipital branches of occipital artery are terminal branches of the occipital artery which supply the back of the head. v t e...

aspect Occipital artery - arising from its posterior aspect Posterior auricular artery - arising from posterior aspect The external carotid artery terminates...

bellies: the occipital belly, near the occipital bone, and the frontal belly, near the frontal bone. It is supplied by the supraorbital artery, the supratrochlear...

External occipital protuberance Internal occipital crest Greater occipital nerve Lesser occipital nerve Occipital artery Occipital bone Occipital bun Occipital...

of the occipital artery (sternocleidomastoid artery) arise directly from the occipital artery and are the initial two branches of this artery. Uncommonly...

arise from other arteries (e.g. the occipital artery).[citation needed] It forms anastomoses with the branches of the middle meningeal artery, and the vertebral...

function is to move the scalp back. The muscles receives blood from the occipital artery. Position of occipitalis muscle (shown in red). Occipitofrontalis muscle...

and inferior thyroid arteries, and the deep cervical artery and the descending branch of the occipital artery; the vertebral artery takes the place of the...

Facial artery, Occipital artery. internal jugular vein and its tributaries (correspondng to the branches of the corresponding artery): Superior thyroid...

The descending branch of occipital artery, the largest branch of the occipital, descends on the back of the neck, and divides into a superficial and deep...

The occipital lobe is one of the four major lobes of the cerebral cortex in the brain of mammals. The name derives from its position at the back of the...

transmits a vein to the transverse sinus and a small branch of the occipital artery to the dura mater. The position and size of this foramen are very variable;...

the scalp the occipital artery which runs posteriorly to supply much of the posterior aspect of the scalp the posterior auricular artery, a branch of the...

digastric muscle and the stylohyoid muscle, the occipital artery and the posterior auricular artery. Higher up, it is separated from the external carotid...

suboccipital venous plexus, and a small branch of the occipital artery, the posterior meningeal artery to the dura mater. The mastoid foramen is a hole in...

aponeurosis into the lateral half of the superior nuchal line of the occipital bone. The sternocleidomastoid is innervated by accessory nerve of the...

The auricular branch of occipital artery supplies the back of the concha and frequently gives off a branch, which enters the skull through the mastoid...

and with the posterior auricular and occipital arteries. The frontal branch of the superficial temporal artery (anterior temporal) runs tortuously upward...

vertebral arteries, the anterior and posterior spinal arteries, and the tectorial membrane and alar ligaments. The superior angle of the occipital bone articulates...

palatine artery Submental artery Angular artery Occipital artery Posterior auricular artery Superficial temporal artery Transverse facial artery Zygomatico-orbital...

stylomastoid branch of the occipital artery or posterior auricular artery, and (sometimes) a mastoid branch of the occipital artery.: 749  The superior petrosal...

jugular vein), and some meningeal branches from the occipital artery and ascending pharyngeal artery. An alternative imaging based subclassification exists...

including the occipital lobe, thalamus, and midbrain Both the ACA and MCA originate from the cerebral portion of internal carotid artery, while PCA branches...

and the vertebral vein. Occasionally it follows the course of the occipital artery, and ends in the internal jugular vein. Alternatively, it joins the...

the occipital artery. The descending branch which is also called as superficial cervical artery, anastomoses with the deep and dorsal scapular artery which...

supplied by the occipital artery and the superior thyroid artery), subclavius (which mainly is supplied by the thoracoacromial artery), and neighboring...

The occipital branch of posterior auricular artery passes backward, over the Sternocleidomastoideus, to the scalp above and behind the ear. It supplies...

to the superior sagittal sinus, and sometimes a small branch of the occipital artery; it is not constantly present, and its size varies considerably. The...