Anatomic Study And Clinical Application Of The Facial Artery

A study was made by dissecting 20 facial arteries in 10 adult preserved cadavers. Prior to dissection, red latex solution was injected into external carotid artery. In two of ten cadavers, blue latex was injected additionally into a portion of the facial vein at the inferior mandibular border. The facial skin and subcutaneous fat were tangentially removed step by step. The facial artery was symmetrical in 4 of 10 (40%)of the dissections. The facial artery terminated as an angular facial artery in 8(40%, 2 in left face, 6 in right), a lateral nasal vessel in 3 (15%, 2 in left face, 1 in right), a superior labial vessel in 3 (15%, in left face). In 1 (5%, in left face) the facial artery terminated at the inferior mandibular border(i.e. rudimentary). In 2 (10%, all in right face ) the facial artery was double duplex. In 2 (10%, 1 in left and right face respectively )facial artery was found to distribute in all over the face. The anatomy of buccal branches of the facial artery consistently confirmed the existence of a posterior buccal branch to the posterior half of the buccinator, and an anterior buccal branches to the anterior half of the buccinator, also a inferior buccal branches to the inferior portion of the buccinator. The posterior buccal branch anastomosed with the buccal artery of the internal maxillar artery, both gave off a few small branches to...