Cardiovascular system
Angular artery
Arteria angularis
- System
- Cardiovascular system
- Regions
- Head
- Side
- Left and right
- Part of
- Facial artery
DescriptionUnreviewed
The angular artery is an artery of the face.
It is the terminal part of the facial artery.
It ascends to the medial angle of the eye's orbit.
It is accompanied by the angular vein.
It ends by anastomosing with the dorsal nasal branch of the ophthalmic artery.
It supplies the lacrimal sac, the orbicularis oculi muscle, and the outer side of the nose.
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Names
- Latin
- Arteria angularis
- English
- Angular artery
- French
- Artère angulaire
- Spanish
- Arteria angular
- Portuguese
- Artéria angular