Abstract
The external carotid artery, whose relationships with the skin of the upper neck territory have already been described, supplies the entire skin of the head with the exception of a very small area associated with the internal carotid artery. At the point where it reaches the head region, the external carotid ramifies into a number of musculocutaneous branches. These branches are so prominent and so conspicuous that they have already been thoroughly described in some detail.
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Manchot, C. (1983). Cutaneous Arteries of the Head. In: The Cutaneous Arteries of the Human Body. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-8221-8_4
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