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Posterior Auricular Artery

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Abstract

This artery is sometimes poorly developed or even terminates as the stylomastoid artery. It may arise in common with the ascending pharyngeal (Livini, 1%) or with the occipital; the occipital may replace an absent posterior auricular. An infrequent branch is the transverse facial. When the posterior auricular is larger than usual it may be compensating for a deficiency in the occipital or the superficial temporal artery. Superficial Temporal

This artery is sometimes poorly developed or even terminates as the stylomastoid artery.

It may arise in common with the ascending pharyngeal (Livini, 1%) or with the occipital; the occipital may replace an absent posterior auricular.

An infrequent branch is the transverse facial.

When the posterior auricular is larger than usual it may be compensating for a deficiency in the occipital or the superficial temporal artery.

Superficial Temporal

Image of superficial temporal artery variations in the superficial artery

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Riferimenti dell’opera originale

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  • Anson, B.J., Ed. (1966) Morris' Human Anatomy, 12th ed. The Blakiston Division, McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York.
  • Bergman, R.A., Thompson, S.A., Afifi, A.K. and F.A. Saadeh. (1988) Compendium of Human Anatomic Variation: Catalog, Atlas and World Literature., Urban & Schwarzenberg, Baltimore and Munich.
  • Poynter, C.W.M. (1922) Congenital Anomalies of the Arteries and Veins of the Human Body with Bibliography. The University Studies of the University of Nebraska, Lincoln 22:1-106.
  • Schaefer, E.A., Symington, J. and T.H. Bryce, Eds. (1915) Quain's Anatomy, 11th ed. Longmans, Green, and Co., London.

Anatomical classification

Systems:
Cardiovascular system

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Translation

Italian translation of «Posterior Auricular Artery — Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation: Opus I: Muscular System» by Ronald A. Bergman, Adel K. Afifi, Ryosuke Miyauchi. Source: https://www.anatomyatlases.org/AnatomicVariants/Cardiovascular/Text/Arteries/PosteriorAuricular.shtml Original work distributed under the CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.it). Translation by Redazione AIVA. Changes from the original: Traduzione italiana del testo originale inglese, che resta consultabile nella versione inglese di questa pagina. Il contenuto è stato riorganizzato nel formato scheda del portale (sintesi, testo, riferimenti) senza modificarne le affermazioni. Le figure non sono state copiate: sono collegate alla pagina d’origine. This publication is not approved or endorsed by the authors of the original work.

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