** os or ostium, the " mouth " of a coronary artery

** Aorta ( the largest artery, carries blood out of the heart )

** Branches of the aorta, such as the carotid artery, the subclavian artery, the celiac trunk, the mesenteric arteries, the renal artery and the iliac artery.

** pulmonary artery

** The pathologic process, injury, or disease that directly results in or initiates a series of events that lead to a person's death ( also called mechanism of death ), such as a bullet wound to the head, exsanguination caused by a stab wound, manual or ligature strangulation, myocardial infarction resulting from coronary artery disease, etc.

** Gastroduodenal artery

** Pulmonary arteriovenous fistula: between an artery and vein of the lungs, resulting in shunting of blood.

** Arterial blood sampling, such as radial artery puncture

** Superior thyroid artery -( arise from anterior aspect )

** Ascending pharyngeal artery -( arise from medial ( deep ) aspect )

** Lingual artery -( arise from anterior aspect )

** Facial artery -( arise from anterior aspect )

** Occipital artery -( arise from posterior aspect )

** Maxillary artery

** Superficial temporal artery

** Ophthalmic artery

** Superior hypophyseal artery

** Posterior communicating artery

** Anterior choroidal artery

** Anterior cerebral artery ( a terminal branch )

** Middle cerebral artery ( a terminal branch )

* the vidian artery or artery of the pterygoid canal

The lacerum segment normally has no named branches, though the vidian artery may occasionally arise from this segment.