facial artery
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Arteries of the face
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The largest artery of the face.
The facial artery arises in the neck from the
external carotid artery. It enters the face
at the lower and anterior angle of the masseter,
after turning round the border of the mandible
and piercing the deep fascia of the
neck. In the face, it runs forward and upward to a point about half an inch
from the angle of the mouth, and then ascends more vertically, in the substance
of the levator labii superioris alaeque nasi, to end near the medial of
the eye. Until it enters the substance of that muscle, it is under cover
of the platysma, risorius, and levator labii superioris; and it lies first
on the mandible, next on the buccinator, and then on the levator anguli
oris. As it crosses the mandible, its pulsations can be felt and it can
be compressed against the bone. Small branches pass backward to the muscles
and skin behind the artery. Larger branches pass forward to the chin, the
lips, and the nose.
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