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Angular artery

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Source
  
Facial artery

Latin
  
Arteria angularis

FMA
  
49583

Vein
  
Angular vein

TA
  
A12.2.05.029

Angular artery

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.

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