Tags: Anatomical Structure, Artery.

The auricular branch of occipital artery supplies the back of the concha and frequently gives off a branch which enters the skull through the mastoid foramen and supplies the dura mater the diploë and the mastoid cells; this latter branch sometimes arises from the occipital artery and is then known as the mastoid branch.

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