Auricular branch of occipital artery
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| Artery: Auricular branch of occipital artery | |
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| Superficial dissection of the right side of the neck, showing the carotid and subclavian arteries. | |
| Latin | ramus auricularis arteriae occipitalis |
| Gray's | subject #144 556 |
| Source | occipital artery |
| Dorlands / Elsevier | r_02/12689010 |
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 foramen and supplies the dura mater, the diploë, and the mastoid cells; this latter branch sometimes arises from the occipital artery, and is then known as the mastoid branch.
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