occipital artery 3837

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occipital artery (pair)

Identification

Navigation

Link to the unit	occipital artery (pair)
Links of entity	generic: occipital artery
Entity-oriented links	Universal page Definition page
External links	Gray 1918 TA98 FMA PubMed Wikipedia Radiopedia Science Direct
Partonomic links	Level 2: arterial system Short Extended
	Level 3: common carotid artery (pair) Short Extended
	Level 4: occipital artery (pair)
Taxonomic links	Level 2: segment of organ Short Extended
	Level 3: artery
	Level 4: subdivision of external carotid artery
Subsidiary language with Latin
Non Latin primary language

Taxonomic definition

An occipital artery is a subdivision of external carotid artery

] which supplies the sternocleidomastoid muscle [musculus sternocleidomastoideus

], the scalp and adjacent entities.

Partonomy

TAH:E10200	human body
TAH:U3568	cardiovascular system
TAH:U3725	arterial system
TAH:U3769	aorta
TAH:U3799	arch of aorta
TAH:U3804	common carotid artery (pair)
TAH:U3808	external carotid artery (pair)
TAH:U3837	occipital artery (pair)

TAH:U3838	mastoid branch (pair)
TAH:U3839	auricular branch (pair)
TAH:U3840	sternocleidomastoid branches of (pair)
TAH:U3841	occipital branches of (pair)
TAH:U3842	meningeal branch (pair)
TAH:U3843	descending branch (pair)

Total

6 children

Taxonomy

FMA:62955	anatomical entity
FMA:61775	physical entity
FMA:67165	material entity
FMA:305751	anatomical structure
FMA:67135	postnatal anatomical structure
FMA:82472	cardinal part of organ
FMA:67619	region of organ
FMA:86140	segment of organ
FMA:306412	ERR1
FMA:50722	segment of vascular hollow organ
FMA:312599	segment of blood vessel tree organ
FMA:86187	segment of arterial hollow organ
FMA:50720	artery
FMA:66464	systemic artery
FMA:70504	subdivision of common carotid artery
FMA:70505	subdivision of external carotid artery
FMA:49586	occipital artery

Date: 28.06.2023