THE BRANCHES OF THE EXTERNAL CAROTID:
Netter Plate Number: 121

1. Superior thyroid (superior laryngeal usually a branch of)
2. Ascending pharyngeal
3. Lingual
4. Facial
5. Occipital (flanks digastric)
6. Posterior auricular (flanks digastric)
7. Maxillary
8. Superficial temporal

While arteries 1-5 are found inferior to the posterior belly of the digastric muscle, arteries 6-8 may be located superiorly.

Of further note, the posterior auricular artery may be found travelling between the posterior belly of the digastric muscle and below the stylohyoid muscle.