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sphenopalatine artery
Origin: maxillary artery
Distribution:
-> posterior part of lateral nasal wall & septum
Anastomoses:
1) descending palatine artery
2) superior labial artery
3) infraorbital artery
General
blood vessel
Properties
FORM: sphenopalatine artery
ORIGIN: maxillary artery
References
- Grant's Atlas of Anatomy, 10th edition, AMR Agur & MJ Lee (eds),
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, 1999
- Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
Components
intima; tunica intima
tunica media
vascular endothelium