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artery
(redirected from occipital artery)

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Cerebral angiography revealed that the tumor was primarily supplied by three branches of the left external carotid artery--the left posterior occipital artery, the ascending pharyngeal artery, and the posterior auricular artery--with a minor contribution from the petrous branch of the left internal carotid artery.
The sternocleidomastoid muscle receives its blood supply superiorly from the superior occipital artery, in the midportion from the superior thyroid artery, and inferiorly from the transverse cervical artery.
 
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