A branch of the external carotid artery that arises behind the neck of the mandible. It passes forward between the mandibular ramus and the sphenomandibular ligament, towards the pterygopalatine fossa. It supplies the deep structures of the face, and may be divided into mandibular, pterygoid, and pterygopalatine portions.
The artery on either side of the face that supplies blood to the face. The palpable in front of the angle of the mandible.
Either of two branches of the external carotid arteries that arise near the parotid gland and divide into branches supplying the deep parts of the face.