Posterior lateral nasal branches

Posterior lateral nasal arteries
Details
Source	sphenopalatine artery
Identifiers
Latin	arteriae nasales posteriores laterales
TA	A12.2.05.089
FMA	71689
*Anatomical terminology* []

The sphenopalatine artery passes through the sphenopalatine foramen into the cavity of the nose, at the back part of the superior meatus. Here it gives off its posterior lateral nasal branches which spread forward over the conchæ and meatuses, anastomose with the and the nasal branches of the descending palatine, and assist in supplying the frontal, maxillary, ethmoidal, and sphenoidal sinuses.

This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 562 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)