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'''Facial artery''' (previously known as the '''external maxillary artery''' in older texts) is a branch of the [[external carotid artery]] that supplies structures of the [[face]].

== Anatomy ==

The facial artery arises in the [[carotid triangle]] from the [[external carotid artery]] a little above the [[lingual artery]] and, sheltered by the [[ramus of the mandible]], it passes obliquely up beneath the [[digastric muscle]] and [[stylohyoid muscle]], over which it arches to enter a groove on the posterior surface of the [[submandibular gland]].

== Branches ==

The branches of the facial artery are as follows:

* The [[ascending palatine artery]]
* The [[tonsillar branch]]
* The [[glandular branches]]
* The [[submental artery]]
* The [[inferior labial artery]]
* The [[superior labial artery]]
* The [[lateral nasal branch]]
* The [[angular artery]]

== Clinical significance ==

The pulse of the facial artery can be felt and examined by pressing it against the lower border of the mandible. The facial artery is often used by surgeons as a point of reference to find the [[facial nerve]] during [[parotid gland]] surgeries.

== See also ==

* [[External carotid artery]]
* [[Facial vein]]
* [[Pulse]]

== References ==

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== External links ==

* [http://www.dartmouth.edu/~humananatomy/figures/chapter_47/47-5.HTM Diagram at dartmouth.edu]

[[Category:Arteries of the head and neck]]
[[Category:Facial artery]]

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