KROK 1 2016 – Question 199 · KROK (Medicine) · Human Anatomy
A child has a wound located posterior to the mastoid process. Bright red blood flows from the wound. Damaged are the branches of the following artery:
- A. A. carotis interna
- B. A. occipitalis
- C. A. carotis externa
- D. A. temporalis superior
- E. A. maxillaris
Hint
Match the wound's location behind the mastoid process to the artery whose territory lies there, remembering that bright red blood means arterial bleeding.
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