Angular artery
Angular artery | |
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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)
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