Variante de terminare a arterei carotide externe

Abstract

Abstract The ending patterns of the external carotid artery was evaluated on 64 cases, compared right / left, together with the angle that is formed between their terminal branches. Most commonly, the external carotid artery ends by bifurcation in maxillary and superficial temporal arteries, in 40 cases (62.5% of cases); in 24 cases (37.5% of cases) the external carotid artery ended by trifurcation, the three branches being the maxillary, superficial temporal and transverse artery of the face, which always have the smallest diameter. The angle between the maxillary and superficial temporal arteries was assessed on 52 cases, in 20 cases (38.46% of cases, all on the left) between the two arteries being an acute angle (55.55% of the left arteries), other 20 cases when between the two arteries was an obtuse angle and in 12 cases (23.08% of cases) forming a right angle, all cases being on the right (75% of right arteries).