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Nasal artery

Dorsal nasal artery
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Bloodvessels of the eyelids, front view. 1, supraorbital artery and supraorbital vein; 2, nasal artery; 3, angular artery, the terminal branch of 4, the facial artery; 5, suborbital artery; 6, anterior branch of the superficial temporal artery; 6’, malar branch of the transverse artery of the face; 7, lacrimal artery; 8, superior palpebral artery with 8’, its external arch; 9, anastomoses of the superior palpebral with the superficial temporal and lacrimal; 10, inferior palpebral artery; 11, facial vein; 12, angular vein; 13, branch of the superficial temporal vein.
Details
Source ophthalmic artery
Branches twig to the upper part of the lacrimal sac
to root of the nose
dorsum of the nose
Identifiers
Latin arteria dorsalis nasi
Dorlands
/Elsevier
a_61/12154176
TA A12.2.06.049
FMA 50000
Anatomical terminology
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The dorsal nasal artery (nasal artery) is an artery of the head. It is one of the two terminal branches of the ophthalmic artery.

It emerges from the orbit above the medial palpebral ligament, and, after giving a twig to the upper part of the lacrimal sac, divides into two branches.

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)



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