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posterior septal arteries

Origin: Sphenopalatine artery Course: -> crosses inferior surface of body of sphenoid to reach nasal septum, courses anteroinferiorly on vomer to incisive canals Distribution: 1) nasal septum 2) anastomoses with greater palatine artery & septal branch of superior labial artery

General

blood vessel

Properties

FORM: posterior septal arteries

References

Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999.

Components

intima; tunica intima tunica media vascular endothelium