External carotid artery branches

"Sister Lucy's Powdered Face Often Attracts Medical Students":

· Before entering the parotid gland:
-Superior thyroid
-Lingual
-Posterior auricular
-Facial
-Occipital
-Ascending pharyngeal
· Ends as:
-Superficial temporal and
-Maxillary bifurcating in the in the parotid gland

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