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ophthalmic artery
Origin: internal carotid artery
Branches:
1) central retinal artery
2) anterior meningeal branch
3) episceral branch
4) supraorbital artery
5) lacrimal artery
-> anterior ciliary artery
-> anterior conjunctival artery
6) anterior ethmoidal artery
7) posterior ethmoidal artery
8) palpebral branch
9) dorsal nasal artery
10) supratrochlear artery
11) muscular arteries, supplying the extraocular muscles
Distribution:
1) eye & other orbital contents
-> includling extraocular muscles
2) frontal area of scalp
3) frontal & ethmoidal air sinuses
4) parts of nose
General
blood vessel
Properties
FORM: ophthalmic artery
ORIGIN: internal carotid artery (ICA)
References
- Barr. the Human Nervous System. Harper & Row 2nd ed., 1974
- 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