Amac,: Bu $alismanin amaci disseksiyonlar sirasinda gozlenen truncus faciolingu- alis'in farkli tiplerinin ve onemli anatomik yapilara gore yerlesimlerinin tammlan- masidir. Gete§ ve yontem: Dokuz Eylul Universitesi Tip Fakultesi Anatomi Anabilim Dali'nda yapilan disseksiyonlar sirasinda formalin ile fikse edilmis 14 yetiskin insan kadavrasinda arteria carotis externa'dan ortak orjin alan 4 adet olgu gozlendi. Bu olgularda truncus faciolingualis tiplendirildi ve lineer olcumlerle komsu yapilarla olan iliskileri tammlandi. Bulgulai: Turn olgularin %85,7'sinde tip I olarak adlandirilan ortak bir trunkus olmadigi, %3,6'sinda tip II olarak adlandirilan kisa, %10,7'sinde ise tip III olarak adlandirilan uzun ortak bir kok bulundugu gozlendi. Qaksmamizda tip III olgularin truncus faciolingualis'in uzunlugu min: 6,2 mm ve max: 9,6 mm olarak olciildii. Sonu§: Arteria carotis externa'nin dallanma varyasyonlanni degerlendiren c.alis- mamiz, boyun bolgesine cerrahi yaklasimlarda, kemoterapatik ajan uygulamalarind; ve radyolojik tanilamada klinisyenlere yardimci olabilir.
Objective: The objective of this study is to describe the different types of facio lingual trunks observed during our dissections, and define their localizations accoi ding to anatomic landmarks. Material and method: In Anatomy Department of Dokuz Eylul Universit Medical Faculty, it was observed that the facial and lingual arteries originated fror the external carotid artery with a common origin (faciolingual trunk) in 4 case during the dissection course of 28 formalin fixed adult human cadavers. In the case with faciolingual trunk, the common trunk was typed and its relations with adjacei structures were determined with lineer measurements. Results: In 85.7 % of all cases type I was observed which has no common trunk, i 3.6 % type II with short common trunk and in 10.7 % type III with long commc trunk. In our cases of type III, the common trunk length was measured as minimur 6.2 mm and maximum: 9.6 mm. Conclusion: In our study, evaluating the branching variations of the external carot artery may be helpful to clinicians during the surgical approaches of the neckregio chemotherapeutic agent applications and radiologic diagnosis.
