The German cockroach will eat almost anything, but is particularly attracted to fermented foods and beverage residues (beer spills). If water is present, adults can live about a month without food, but young nymphs will die of starvation within 10 days. Without food or water, the adults die in less than two weeks.
The common carotid arteries split into two main branches â the internal carotid artery and the external carotid artery. The external carotid artery is the only division of the common carotid that gives branches to the neck region and supplies the external structures of the head and face.
The external carotid artery supplies the areas of the head and neck external to the cranium. 1  After arising from the common carotid artery, it travels up the neck, posterior to the mandibular neck and anterior to the lobule of the ear. The artery ends within the parotid gland, by dividing into the superficial temporal artery and the maxillary artery. Before terminating, the external carotid artery gives off six branches: