Lateral palpebral arteries

Artery: Lateral palpebral arteries

Bloodvessels of the eyelids, front view. (Lateral palpebral arteries visible but not labeled.)
Latin	arteriae palpebrales laterales
Gray's	subject #146 569
Supplies	eyelid
Source	lacrimal artery

The lateral palpebral arteries are small arteries which supply the eyelid.

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1st part / mandibular	anterior tympanic · deep auricular · middle meningeal (superior tympanic, petrosal) · accessory meningeal · inferior alveolar (mental, mylohyoid)

2nd part / pterygoid	to muscles of mastication (deep temporal, pterygoid, masseteric) · buccal

3rd part / pterygopalatine	posterior superior alveolar · infraorbital (anterior superior alveolar) · descending palatine (greater palatine, lesser palatine) · artery of the pterygoid canal · sphenopalatine (posterior septal branches, posterior lateral nasal) · pharyngeal

cervical	carotid sinus

petrous	Vidian · caroticotympanic

cavernous/ ophthalmic	orbital group: posterior ethmoidal · anterior ethmoidal (anterior septal, anterior lateral nasal, anterior meningeal) · lacrimal (lateral palpebral) · medial palpebral · terminal (supraorbital, supratrochlear, dorsal nasal) ocular group: central retinal · ciliary (short posterior, long posterior, anterior) · hypophysial (superior, inferior)

Willis/Cerebral	ACA (anterior communicating) · MCA (anterolateral central, Orbitofrontal artery, Prefrontal artery, Superior terminal branch, Inferior terminal branch, Anterior temporal branch) · posterior communicating · anterior choroidal

meningeal · spinal (posterior, anterior) · basilar: pontine · labyrinthine · cerebellar (AICA, SCA, PICA) · cerebral (PCA)

inferior thyroid	inferior laryngeal · tracheal · esophageal · ascending cervical · pharyngeal · glandular branches

transverse cervical	superficial branch · deep branch / dorsal scapular

suprascapular	acromial branch