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External carotid artery branches

"Sister Lucy's Powdered Face Often Attracts Silly Medicos":
· 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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---Dr. Deepu Sudhakaran Dept of Surgery, Royal Adelaide Hospital

External carotid artery branches

"Some Angry Lady Figured Out PMS":
Superior thyroid
Ascending pharyngeal
Lingual
Facial
Occipital
Posterior auricular
Maxillary
Superificial temporal
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---Anonymous Contributor

Descending abdominal aorta: seven divisions

"Sometimes Intestines Get Really Stretched Causing Leakage":
Suprarenals [paired]
Inferior mesenteric
Gonadal [paired]
Renals [paired]
Superior mesenteric
Celiac
Lumbar [paired]
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---Anonymous Contributor

Internal jugular vein: tributaries

"Medical Schools Let Confident People In":
· From inferior to superior:
Middle thyroid
Superior thyroid
Lingual
Common facial
Pharyngeal
Inferior petrosal sinus
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---LaShawn A. Weaver Medical University of South Carolina

Portal-systemic anastomoses: main 2 places that retroperitoneals connect into systemic

RetroPeritoneals hook up with Renal and Paravertebral veins.
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---Anonymous Contributor

Brachial artery: recurrent and collateral branches

"I Am Pretty Sexy"
Inferior ulnar collateral artery goes with Anterior ulnar recurrent artery.
Posterior ulnar recurrent artery goes with Superior ulnar collateral artery.
· Alternatively: "I Am Pretty Smart".
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---Paul's Boutique Western University College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific

Thoracoacromial artery branches

"CAlifornia Police Department":
Clavicular
Acromial
Pectoral
Deltoid
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---Michael A. Chaplin SUNY-HSCB Downstate College of Medicine

Axillary artery branches

"Send The Lord to Say A Prayer":
· From proximal to distal:
Superior thoracic
Thoracacromial
Lateral thoracic
Subscapular
Anterior circumflex humeral
Posterior circumflex humeral
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---Michael A. Chaplin SUNY-HSCB Downstate College of Medicine

Carotid sheath contents

"I See 10 CC's in the IV":
I See (I.C.) = Internal Carotid artery
10 = CN 10 (Vagus nerve)
CC = Common Carotid artery
IV = Internal Jugular Vein
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---Anonymous Contributor

Internal iliac artery: posterior branch

PILS:
Posterior branch
Iliolumbar
Lateral sacral
Superior gluteal
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---Anonymous Contributor