Facial artery
features
Course
CERVICAL COURSE
FACIAL COURSE
enters
face by swindling around base of mandible
pierces
deep cervical fascia
at the anteroinferior angle of masseter
muscle
upward and forward to a point 1.25 cm lateral to angle of
mouth
-
up to medial angle of
eye
tortuous course
lies between superficial and
deep muscles of
face
Branches
FACIAL PART
CERVICAL PART
ascending palatine
tonsillar
submental
accompanies mylohyoid
nerve
supplies submental triangle and sublingual salivary
gland
glandular
Inferior labial artery
Superior labial artery
Lateral nasal - to ala and dorsum of nose
Dangerous area of face