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Dorsal nasal artery

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Source
  
ophthalmic artery

Dorlands /Elsevier
  
a_61/12154176

FMA
  
50000

Latin
  
arteria dorsalis nasi

TA
  
A12.2.06.049

Dorsal nasal artery

Branches
  
twig to the upper part of the lacrimal sac to root of the nose dorsum of the nose

The dorsal nasal artery (nasal artery) is an artery of the head. It is one of the two terminal branches of the ophthalmic artery.

Course

It emerges from the orbit above the medial palpebral ligament, and, after giving a twig to the upper part of the lacrimal sac, divides into two branches.

  • One of these crosses the root of the nose, and anastomoses with the angular artery.
  • The other runs along the dorsum of the nose, supplying its outer surface, and anastomoses with its fellow artery of the opposite side, and with the lateral nasal branch of the facial artery.

    • References

    Dorsal nasal artery Wikipedia
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