The external carotid artery is one of the terminal branches of the common carotid artery, which emanates from the common carotid artery and supplies mainly the facial, cervical and dural vessels. The main branches are: First, the superior thyroid artery, at the level of the thyroid cartilage, emanates medially from the beginning of the external carotid artery. Second, the lingual artery, above the beginning of the superior thyroid artery, at the large angle of the flat hyoid bone, emanates from the external carotid artery. Third, the external maxillary artery, also known as the facial artery. Fourth, the internal maxillary artery, also known as the maxillary artery, is the larger terminal branch of the external carotid artery. Fifth, the superficial temporal artery, which is also one of the branches of the external carotid artery. Sixth, there are occipital artery, posterior auricular artery, and ascending pharyngeal artery. The above eight branches are branches of the external carotid artery.