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Superior thyroid artery
Ascending pharyngeal artery
Lingual artery
Facial artery
Occipital artery
Posterior auricular artery
Superficial temporal artery
Maxillary artery
The superior thyroid, ascending pharyngeal, lingual and facial arteries are ANTERIOR branches.
The occipital and posterior auricular arteries are POSTERIOR branches.
The superficial temporal and maxillary arteries are TERMINAL branches.
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On, on, on, they travelled and found Voldemort guarding very ancient horcruxes.
Olfactory, optic, oculomotor, trochlear, trigeminal, abducens, facial, vestibulocochlear, glossopharyngeal, vagus, accessory, hypoglossal.
On - Olfactory nerve (CN I)
On - Optic nerve (CN II)
On - Oculomotor nerve (CN III)
They - Trochlear nerve (CN IV)
Travelled - Trigeminal nerve (CN V)
And - Abducens nerve (CN VI)
Found - Facial nerve (CN VII)
Voldermort - Vestibulocochlear nerve (CN VIII)
Guarding - Glossopharyngeal nerve (CN IX)
Very - Vagus nerve (CN X)
Ancient - Accessory nerve (CN XI)
Horcruxes - Hypoglossal nerve (CN XII)