Infraorbital artery
The infraorbital artery (“sub-eye artery ”) is a blood vessel in the head. It arises from the third section of the maxillary artery ( maxillary artery ) in the area of the pterygopalatine fossa . It then enters the maxillary bone through the maxillary foramen , runs through it in the infraorbital canal - together with the vein of the same name and the nerve of the same name - and reappears on the surface of the face at the infraorbital foramen .
In the area of the pterygopalatine fossa, the infraorbital artery gives off several branches to some external eye muscles and the draining tear ducts . In the infraorbital canal, it sends branches to the maxillary teeth. After emerging from the infraorbital foramen, it supplies the upper parts of the anterior half of the face, anastomising with the terminal branches of the facial artery .
literature
- Uwe Gille: Cardiovascular and immune system, Angiologia. In: Franz-Viktor Salomon, Hans Geyer, Uwe Gille (Ed.): Anatomy for veterinary medicine. 2nd, revised and expanded edition. Enke, Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 978-3-8304-1075-1 , pp. 404-463.