Descriptive anatomy of artery of one-humped camel head (Camelus dromedarius)

Abstract

Figure 1 Arteries of the head (Superficiel layer, lateral view). 1M. sternocephalicus, 2A. carotis communis, 3R. musculares, 4A. thyroideus media, 5A. thyroidea cranialis, 6Glandulae mandibularis, 7A. auricularis caudalis, 8A. transversa faciei, 9A. facialis, 10A. facialis, rami dorsalis, 11A. facialis, rami ventralis, 12Nervi facialis, rami dorsalis, 13Nervi facialis, rami ventralis, 14Nervi transversus faciei, 15A. labialis inferior, 16R. mentales, 17M. masseter, 18M. malaris, 19Glandulae salivariae. At the level of the axis, it gives off ventrally, the cranial thyroid artery to the cranial part of the thyroid gland, the middle thyroid artery to the middle part of the thyroid gland, and dorsally, the occipital artery which passes through the foramen alare and anastomoses with the vertebral artery (Figure 2) (Figure 3). Under the wing of the atlas, the common carotid artery is continued by the external carotid artery (Figure 2) (Figure 4).