Intermediate External Carotid Artery Quiz

Q1. Which branches arise from the anterior aspect of the external carotid artery?

• Ascending pharyngeal artery only
• Maxillary and superficial temporal arteries
• Superior thyroid, lingual, and facial arteries
• Occipital and posterior auricular arteries

Q2. Which branches arise from the posterior aspect of the external carotid artery?

• Superior thyroid and ascending pharyngeal arteries
• Occipital and posterior auricular arteries
• Lingual and facial arteries
• Maxillary and superficial temporal arteries

Q3. Which branch is classically categorized as the medial branch of the external carotid artery?

• Facial artery
• Ascending pharyngeal artery
• Occipital artery
• Superficial temporal artery

Q4. What is the usual relationship between the external and internal carotid arteries near their origins?

• External carotid begins inside the internal carotid
• External carotid begins anteromedial to internal carotid
• External carotid always begins directly posterior to the vertebral artery
• The two arteries arise from separate aortic arches

Q5. Which external carotid branch is closely related to the hypoglossal nerve near its origin?

• Posterior auricular artery
• Lingual artery
• Maxillary artery
• Superficial temporal artery

Q6. Which artery can be palpated where it crosses the inferior border of the mandible anterior to the masseter?

• Ascending pharyngeal artery
• Facial artery
• Occipital artery
• Superior thyroid artery

Q7. Where can the superficial temporal artery pulse be palpated?

• At the cubital fossa
• Deep to the thyroid cartilage
• Behind the medial malleolus
• Anterior to the auricle over the zygomatic arch

Q8. What is the relationship of the external carotid artery to the parotid venous and neural structures?

• It is generally deep to the retromandibular vein and facial nerve
• It runs inside the retromandibular vein
• It is superficial to all facial nerve branches
• It lies outside the parotid gland

Q9. Which terminal branch of the external carotid artery enters the infratemporal fossa?

• Posterior auricular artery
• Maxillary artery
• Superior thyroid artery
• Superficial temporal artery

Q10. Which terminal branch continues superiorly into the temporal region of the scalp?

• Maxillary artery
• Ascending pharyngeal artery
• Superficial temporal artery
• Lingual artery