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HEAD (ext.carotid artery (Maxillary artery ((Sphenopalatine artery…

- - - - Ascending palatine artery
        
        Tonsillar branch
        
        Submental artery
        
        Glandular branches
        
        Inferior labial artery
        
        Superior labial artery
        
        Lateral nasal branch to nasalis muscle
        
        Angular artery - the terminal branch
        
        corner of eye
  - - - Deep auricular artery
      - Anterior tympanic artery
      - Middle meningeal artery
      - Inferior alveolar artery which gives off its mylohyoid branch just prior to entering the mandibular foramen
      - Accessory meningeal artery
    - - Masseteric artery
      - Pterygoid branches
      - Deep temporal arteries (anterior and posterior)
      - Buccal artery
    - - Sphenopalatine artery (Nasopalatine artery is the terminal branch of the Maxillary artery)
      - Descending palatine artery (Greater palatine artery and lesser palatine artery)
      - Infraorbital artery
      - Posterior superior alveolar artery
      - Artery of pterygoid canal
      - Pharyngeal artery
      - Middle superior alveolar artery (a branch of the infraorbital artery)
      - Anterior superior alveolar arteries (a branch of the infraorbital artery)
- - - - Greater petrosal nerve – It arises at the geniculate ganglion and provides parasympathetic innervation to several glands, including the nasal glands, the palatine glands, the lacrimal gland, and the pharyngeal gland. It also provides parasympathetic innervation to the sphenoid sinus, frontal sinus, maxillary sinus, ethmoid sinus and nasal cavity. This nerve also includes taste fibers for palate via lesser palatine nerve and greater palatine nerve.
      - Communicating branch to the otic ganglion – It arises at the geniculate ganglion and joins the lesser petrosal nerve to reach the otic ganglion.[4]
      - Nerve to stapedius – provides motor innervation for stapedius muscle in middle ear
      - Chorda tympani:
      - Parasympathetic innervation to submandibular gland
      - Parasympathetic innervation to sublingual gland
      - Special sensory taste fibers for the anterior 2/3 of the tongue.
  - - - Distal to stylomastoid foramen, the following nerves branch off the facial nerve:
      - Posterior auricular nerve – controls movements of some of the scalp muscles around the ear
      - Branch to Posterior belly of Digastric muscle as well as the Stylohyoid muscle
      - Five major facial branches (in parotid gland) – from top to bottom:
      - Temporal branch
      - Zygomatic branch
      - Buccal branch
      - Marginal mandibular branch
      - Cervical branch