They have a relatively small and slender skull, with a large external auditory meatus, narrow squamosal and mandibular processes, a minuscule stylomastoid foramen, and usually lack foramina for the external carotid artery and anterodorsal ( meaning in front and toward the back ) nasopharynx.
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On February 10, 2008, coincidentally again in Buffalo, Florida Panthers forward Richard Zedn�k suffered an injury similar to Malarchuk after Olli Jokinen's skate blade cut the front of Zedn�k's neck, injuring his external carotid artery, causing immediate massive blood loss.
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Passing downward and forward between the internal and external carotid arteries, it divides upon the side of the tongue near its dorsal surface, blending with the fibers of the Longitudinalis inferior in front of the Hyoglossus; the other, oblique, overlaps the Hyoglossus and decussates with its fibers.
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The most common vessels involved in the pain of migraine are the terminal branches of the external carotid artery, and in particular, the superficial temporal artery and its frontal branch, and the occipital artery, but the maxillary, posterior auricular, supra-orbital, and supra-trochlear branches may also be involved.
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GCA affects arteries of the head and neck, including the three arteries that branch out from the arch of the ascending aorta, and their branches the thoracic aorta, the axillary arteries, the vertebral arteries, and further on in the head in the ophthalmic and external carotid arteries ( the temporal and occipital arteries ).
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Horton scored against Vancouver Canucks goalie and former Panther Roberto Luongo in a shootout to help the Panthers win 4 & ndash; 3, giving them their first win over Vancouver since 1999 . Horton scored a goal against the Washington Capitals to help Florida win 4 & ndash; 2 in the game after Richard Zednik suffered a neck injury in which he had his external carotid artery cut by a skate.