Angular artery

Angular artery
Blood vessels 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.
The arteries of the face and scalp (angular artery labeled at center right)
Details
Source	Facial artery
Vein	Angular vein
Identifiers
Latin	Arteria angularis
TA98	A12.2.05.029
TA2	4397
FMA	49583
Anatomical terminology

The angular artery is the terminal part of the facial artery; it ascends to the medial angle of the eye's orbit, imbedded in the fibers of the angular head of the Quadratus labii superioris, and accompanied by the angular vein.

On the cheek it distributes branches which anastomose with the infraorbital; after supplying the lacrimal sac and Orbicularis oculi, it ends by anastomosing with the dorsal nasal branch of the ophthalmic artery.

Additional images

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  Lateral head anatomy detail
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  Head anatomy anterior view

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 556 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

External links

• Diagram at stchas.edu