arteria facialis

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

   Synonymsfacial arteryexternal maxillary artery

   Broadermaxillary artery

Questions about arteria facialis

What does arteria facialis mean?

arteria facialis means "an artery that originates in the external carotid and gives off branches that supply the neck and face".

What is another word for arteria facialis?

Close synonyms include facial artery, external maxillary artery. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is arteria facialis a common word?

arteria facialis is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.