Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation: Opus II: Cardiovascular System
Ronald A. Bergman, PhD
Adel K. Afifi, MD, MS
Ryosuke Miyauchi, MD
Peer Review Status: Internally Peer Reviewed
Upper Row: Ascending Pharyngeal Artery.
Left:70% of cases the ascending pharyngeal arises directly from the external carotid.
Left middle:20% of cases the ascending pharyngeal arises from the occipital artery.
Middle right:2% of cases the ascending pharyngeal arises from the facial artery.
Right:8% of cases the ascending pharyngeal arises from the internal carotid artery.
Lower Two Rows: Ascending Palatine.
Left:20 % of cases the ascending palatine arises directly from the external carotid.
Left middle:70 % of cases the ascending palatine arises from the facial artery.
Middle right:8 % of cases the ascending palatine arises from the ascending pharyngeal.
Right:1 % of cases the ascending palatine arises from the lingual artery.
Lower Left:1 % of cases the ascending palatine arises from the occipital artery.
redrawn from Lippert and Pabst (An excellent source of information on arterial variation), 1985.
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