Inferior Alveolar Artery
The inferior alveolar artery is the blood vessel which supplies the bone and tissues of the mandible (lower jaw). Among the arteries of the face, it…
The inferior alveolar artery is the blood vessel which supplies the bone and tissues of the mandible (lower jaw). Among the arteries of the face, it…
The greater palatine artery is an important blood vessel which supplies the hard palate and the gum. It is one of the two branches into which the de…
The descending palatine artery is one of the terminal branches of the maxillary artery, which in turn arises from the external carotid. It supplies …
The ascending palatine artery is the first branch of the facial artery , which in turn arises from the external carotid. It supplies the soft palate…
The facial artery is a blood vessel which supplies 40% of the face. The maxillary and the transverse facial artery irrigate the remainder 60% with o…
The lingual artery is a paired blood vessel which supplies the tongue. It arises from the anterior side of external carotid artery, slightly above t…
The superior thyroid artery is a paired blood vessel which lies in anterior aspect of neck. It mainly supplies the thyroid gland. It originates from…
The external carotid artery is one of the two main branches into which the common carotid divides, the other being the internal carotid artery . It …
The systemic circulation is a complex closed circuit of blood vessels which supplies oxygenated blood to every tissue of the body and returns deoxyg…
The hepatic portal system is the network of veins that drains oxygen-poor and nutrients-rich blood into the liver. This system of venous blood vesse…
The hepatic portal vein is the venous trunk that carries nutrients-rich blood into the liver. It arises from the union of the splenic and the superi…
The inferior mesenteric vein is a venous blood vessel which drains a small portion of the transverse colon, the descending colon, and the rectum. It…
The superior mesenteric vein is an important vessel of the digestive system. It carries nutrient-rich and deoxygenated blood from the small intestin…
The splenic vein is a deoxygenated blood vessel which drains the spleen, pancreas , stomach, and greater omentum. It is formed in the hilum of the s…
The branches of popliteal artery form a complex network of blood vessels which supply the bones, ligaments, and the muscles and their tendons of the…
The perineal artery is an oxygen-rich blood vessel of the pelvic floor region. It originates from the internal pudendal, which in turn arises from t…