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facial artery

branch of the external carotid artery
Class type of: subdivision of external carotid artery, particular anatomical entity Q282371
facial artery
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Facts

7 properties
Instance of
artery, class of anatomical entity[2]
Subclass of
subdivision of external carotid artery, particular anatomical entity[3][4]
Part of
set of all arteries[5]
Anatomical branch of
external carotid artery[8]
Described by source
Gray's Anatomy (20th edition)[6]
Has anatomical branch
Ascending palatine artery, tonsillar branch of the facial artery, Submental artery, glandular branches of facial artery, inferior labial artery, superior labial artery, lateral nasal branch of facial artery, angular artery[9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16]
NCI Thesaurus ID
C32578[7]
🏷️ Also known as
en external maxillary artery en facial artery ar شريان وجهي da Arteria facialis es arteria facial fa سرخرگ صورتی fr artère faciale fr artère maxillaire externe he עורק הפנים it arteria facciale ja 顔面動脈 pl Tętnica twarzowa pt Artéria facial ru лицевая артерия tr fasiyal arter uk лицева артерія vi động mạch mặt zh 顏面動脈
🔖 Identifiers · 11
OpenAlex ID
C2781328162
Foundational Model of Anatomy ID
49549
Freebase ID
/m/07pf8z
KBpedia ID
FacialArtery
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2781328162
TA2 ID
4388
TA98 Latin term
arteria facialis, arteria maxillaris externa
Terminologia Anatomica 98 ID
A12.2.05.020
UBERON ID
0001612
UMLS CUI
C0226109
WikiSkripta article ID
44912

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🔗 Connections
Has anatomical branch 8
Ascending palatine artery, inferior labial artery, Submental artery, angular artery, superior labial artery, tonsillar branch of the facial artery, glandular branches of facial artery, lateral nasal branch of facial artery
← Anatomical branch of 8
Ascending palatine artery, inferior labial artery, Submental artery, angular artery, superior labial artery, tonsillar branch of the facial artery, glandular branches of facial artery, lateral nasal branch of facial artery
← Arterial supply 8
facelift, zygomaticus major muscle, zygomaticus minor muscle, lingual tonsil, facial vein, Modiolus of angulus oris, retromandibular vein, nasofrontal vein
Anatomical branch of 1
external carotid artery
Instance of 1
artery
← FactGrid item ID 1
Ziemendorf
← Has anatomical branch 1
external carotid artery
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Summary

facial artery is an artery[1].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Foundational Model of Anatomy. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . bartleby.com. Retrieved . bartleby.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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