Superior labial artery

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Facial arteries of man

The arteria labialis superior ("upper lip artery ") is an artery of the head that supplies the upper lip .

The superior labial artery arises from the facial artery at the corner of the mouth . It passes through the orbicularis oris muscle and meanders along the edge of the upper lip. There it supplies the skin and mucous membrane of the lip, the lip glands and the orbicularis oris muscle. Smaller branches of the artery lead to the nose and supply the front part of the nasal septum and the nostrils.

literature

  • Theodor H. Schiebler (Ed.): Anatomie. Histology, history of development, macroscopic and microscopic anatomy, topography. Taking into account the item catalog. 9th, completely revised edition. Springer, Heidelberg 2005, ISBN 3-540-21966-8 .