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List Caps

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"Some Anatomists Like Freaking Out Poor Medical Students"

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"Some American Ladies Found Our Pyramids Most Satisfactory"

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Headings Valid

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Expected headings

H1 Summary
H1 Gross anatomy
H2 Location
H2 Origin
H2 Termination
H2 Branches / Tributaries
H2 Supply / Drainage
H2 Relations
H1 Variant anatomy
H1 Radiographic features
H2 Plain radiograph
H2 Ultrasound
H2 CT
H2 MRI
H2 Nuclear medicine
H1 Development
H1 Clinical importance
H1 Related pathology
H1 History and etymology
H1 See also

"Origin and course"

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Oxford Comma

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"The external carotid artery (ECA) is one of the two terminal branches of the common carotid artery that has many branches that supplies the structures of the neck, face and head. The other terminal branch is the internal carotid (ICA), which is somewhat larger than the ECA, which supplies the intracranial structures."

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"supply: neck, face and base of skull"

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"thyrolinguofacial trunk (incidence ~2.5%): common origin superior thyroid, lingual and facial arteries"

Line 90:81 · Use the Oxford comma in 'thyroid, lingual and facial'.

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