Occipital branches of occipital artery

Occipital branches of occipital artery
Artery: Occipital branches of occipital artery
Latin rami occipitales arteriae occipitalis
Gray's subject #144 557
Source occipital artery   

The occipital branches of occipital artery are terminal branches of the occipital artery which supply the back of the head.

v · d · eList of arteries of head and neck (TA A12.2.05–08, GA 6.549)
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cervical branches (ascending palatine, tonsillar, submental, glandular) · facial branches (inferior labial, superior labial / nasal septum, lateral nasal, angular)
1st part / mandibular
2nd part / pterygoid
3rd part / pterygopalatine

orbital group:anterior ethmoidal (anterior septal, anterior lateral nasal, anterior meningeal) · posterior ethmoidal · lacrimal (lateral palpebral) · medial palpebral · terminal (supraorbital, supratrochlear, dorsal nasal)

ocular group: central retinal · ciliary (short posterior, long posterior, anterior) · hypophysial (superior, inferior)
ACA (anterior communicating, medial striate) · MCA (anterolateral central, Orbitofrontal artery, Prefrontal artery, Superior terminal branch, Inferior terminal branch, Anterior temporal branch) · posterior communicating · anterior choroidal
SC
meningeal · spinal (posterior, anterior) · basilar: pontine · labyrinthine · cerebellar (AICA, SCA, PICA)  · cerebral (PCA)

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