Carotid Arteries Anatomy
Parotid space (bed): right lateral view, Styloid process, Facial nerve
(CN VII) (cut) Sternocleidomastoid muscle (cut) Digastric muscle
(posterior belly) (cut), Occipital
artery and sternocleidomastoid branch, Accessory
nerve (CN XI), Ansa
cervicalis, Superior root Inferior root, Digastric muscle (phantom), Vagus nerve
(CN X), Ascending pharyngeal artery, Carotid sinus nerve [from glossopharyngeal nerve (CN IX)] and carotid
body, Internal carotid artery, Internal jugular
vein, Superficial temporal artery, Transverse facial artery.
Maxillary artery, Posterior
auricular artery Facial artery, Lingual artery, Ascending pharyngeal artery, Superior
thyroid artery and superior laryngeal branch, Omohyoid muscle (phantom), Vertebral
artery, Internal carotid artery, External carotid artery Common carotid artery, Inferior thyroid artery, Occipital artery,
Descending branch, Sternocleidomastoid
branch, Superficial temporal artery, Transverse facial artery, Maxillary artery, External carotid artery Posterior auricular artery, Glossopharyngeal nerve (CN IX) Stylohyoid muscle, Hypoglossal nerve (CN XII) Facial artery, Lingual artery, Mylohyoid
muscle, Hyoglossus muscle Digastric muscle (anterior belly) Hyoid bone, Superior
laryngeal artery, Superior thyroid artery, External
carotid artery, Common carotid
artery, Thyrocervical trunk, Right external carotid artery branches: schema,