FACIAL ARTERY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does facial artery mean? 

• FACIAL ARTERY (noun)
  The noun FACIAL ARTERY has 1 sense:

1. an artery that originates in the external carotid and gives off branches that supply the neck and face

  Familiarity information: FACIAL ARTERY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FACIAL ARTERY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An artery that originates in the external carotid and gives off branches that supply the neck and face

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

arteria facialis; external maxillary artery; facial artery

Hypernyms ("facial artery" is a kind of...):

arteria maxillaris; maxillary artery (either of two arteries branching from the external carotid artery and supplying structure of the face)

 Context examples 

Terminal branch of the facial artery with distribution to the side of the nose.

(Angular Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

A vein that represents a continuation of the angular vein and lies behind the facial artery.

(Anterior Facial Vein, NCI Thesaurus)

An artery arising from the external carotid artery between the thyroid and facial arteries that runs under the tongue and becomes the deep lingual or ranine artery.

(Lingual Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

A vein in the face accompanying the facial artery that is a direct continuation of the angular vein and ultimately empties into the internal jugular vein.

(Facial Vein, NCI Thesaurus)