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angular artery
Origin: facial artery (terminal branch)
Distribution: muscles & skin of side of nose
Anastomoses:
1) lateral nasal artery
2) dorsal artery of the nose
3) palpebral branches of ophthalmic artery (thereby providing an anastomosis between the external & internal carotid arteries)
General
blood vessel
Properties
FORM: angular artery
ORIGIN: facial 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