Auricular branch of occipital artery

The auricular branch of occipital artery supplies the back of the concha and frequently gives off a branch, which enters the skull through the mastoid foramen and supplies the dura mater, the diploƫ, and the mastoid cells; this latter branch sometimes arises from the occipital artery, and is then known as the mastoid branch.

Auricular branch of occipital artery
Superficial dissection of the right side of the neck, showing the carotid and subclavian arteries
Details
SourceOccipital artery
Identifiers
LatinRamus auricularis arteriae occipitalis
TA98A12.2.05.032
TA24400
FMA49602
Anatomical terminology

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 556 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)


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