KROK 1 2012 – Question 179 · KROK (Medicine) · Human Anatomy
In order to prevent massive haemorrhage in the region of oral cavity floor it is required to ligate an artery which is located within Pirogov’s triangle. What artery is it?
- A. Ascending pharyngeal artery
- B. Lingual artery
- C. Facial artery
- D. Maxillary artery
- E. Superior thyroid artery
Hint
Recall what forms the boundaries and the floor of this triangle in the submandibular region, and which artery runs in that area.
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