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251:supraorbital foramen or notch
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1162:Recurrent artery of Heubner
914:posterior superior alveolar
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267:superior oblique muscle
1158:anterior communicating
263:superior rectus muscle
179:Anatomical terminology
136:arteria supraorbitalis
1176:anterolateral central
311:supratrochlear artery
1399:scapular anastomosis
1374:scapular anastomosis
1166:Orbitofrontal artery
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427:Gray, Henry (1918).
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230:Course and relations
1413:costocervical trunk
1356:transverse cervical
1304:thyrocervical trunk
1051:posterior ethmoidal
929:descending palatine
851:accessory meningeal
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555:cricothyroid branch
366:supraorbital artery
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197:supraorbital artery
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19:Supraorbital artery
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1321:inferior laryngeal
1203:anterior choroidal
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305:Anastomoses
125:Identifiers
72:deep branch
1341:pharyngeal
1331:esophageal
1271:cerebellar
1035:ophthalmic
962:pharyngeal
889:masseteric
819:mandibular
723:descending
621:sublingual
606:suprahyoid
372:References
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655:glandular
651:submental
647:tonsillar
321:Variation
273:muscles,
215:Structure
1467:Category
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1289:cerebral
1251:anterior
1130:inferior
1126:superior
1111:anterior
1071:terminal
1056:lacrimal
989:cervical
845:petrosal
799:parietal
502:Arteries
295:forehead
289:, upper
115:forehead
89:Supplies
67:Branches
1457:Anatomy
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1257:basilar
1099:ciliary
1007:petrous
794:frontal
684:angular
598:lingual
504:of the
281:of the
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52:Details
1443:Portal
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1015:Vidian
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631:facial
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291:eyelid
279:diploë
277:, the
220:Origin
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