Question #603

Consider the ascending pharyngeal artery, which of the following statements is incorrect?

Supplies the tympanic cavity

Supplies longus colli

Is the smallest branch of the external carotid artery

Gives a branch which enters the skull through the jugular foramen

Is a branch of the facial artery

The ascending pharyngeal artery is the smallest branch of the external carotid artery arising from its posterior surface and ascending to supply the pharynx.

In addition, the artery supplies the tympanic cavity, longus capitis and longus colli and sends a terminal branch through the jugular foramen to supplies the meninges.

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