Dorsal nasal artery

Dorsal nasal artery
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
TA98	A12.2.06.049
TA2	4500
FMA	50000
Anatomical terminology

The dorsal nasal artery is an artery of the head. It is one of two terminal branches of the ophthalmic artery, the other being the supratrochlear artery.

Structure

The dorsal nasal artery is a terminal branch of the ophthalmic artery in the superomedial orbit. It passes anteriorly to exit the orbit between the trochlea superiorly and the medial palpebral ligament inferiorly. First it gives a branch to the lacrimal sac. Then it bifurcates into a branch that anastomoses with the terminal part of the facial artery and a branch that travels along the dorsum of the nose. This latter branch also anastomoses with its contralateral pair and the lateral nasal branch of the facial artery.