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  2. Kiesselbach's plexus - Wikipedia

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    a posterior ethmoidal artery, a branch of the ophthalmic artery, a branch of the internal carotid artery. [1] There is contention as whether this is truly part of Kiesselbach's plexus. Most sources quote that it is not part of the plexus, but rather one of the blood supplies for the nasal septum itself.

  3. Facial artery - Wikipedia

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    The facial artery arises in the carotid triangle from the external carotid artery, [1] [2] a little above the lingual artery, and sheltered by the ramus of the mandible.It passes obliquely up beneath the digastric and stylohyoid muscles, over which it arches to enter a groove on the posterior surface of the submandibular gland.

  4. Nasal cavity - Wikipedia

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    There is a rich blood supply to the nasal cavity. Blood supply comes from branches of both the internal and external carotid artery, including branches of the facial artery and maxillary artery. The named arteries of the nose are: Sphenopalatine artery and greater palatine artery, branches of the maxillary artery.

  5. Arterial tree - Wikipedia

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    Posterior ethmoidal artery. meningeal branch; nasal branches; Anterior ethmoidal artery. anterior meningeal artery; nasal branches; superior palpebral arch; inferior palpebral arch; Supratrochlear artery; Dorsal nasal artery. twig to the upper part of lacrimal sac; to root of nose; dorsum of the nose; Ocular group Long posterior ciliary ...

  6. Lateral nasal branch of facial artery - Wikipedia

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    It supplies the ala and dorsum of the nose, anastomosing with its fellow, with the septal and alar branches, with the dorsal nasal branch of the ophthalmic artery, and with the infraorbital branch of the internal maxillary. If the posterior lateral nasal artery is superficial in the nasal wall, a laceration may occur during an aggressive curettage.

  7. List of arteries of the human body - Wikipedia

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    The arteries of the head and neck. The common carotid artery. The external carotid artery; The triangles of the neck; The internal carotid artery; The arteries of the brain; The arteries of the upper extremity The subclavian artery; The axilla. The axillary artery; The brachial artery; The radial artery; The ulnar artery; The arteries of the ...

  8. Head and neck anatomy - Wikipedia

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    The brachiocephalic artery or trunk is the first and largest artery that branches to form the right common carotid artery and the right subclavian artery. This artery provides blood to the right upper chest, right arm, neck, and head, through a branch called right vertebral artery .

  9. Posterior lateral nasal arteries - Wikipedia

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    The sphenopalatine artery passes through the sphenopalatine foramen into the cavity of the nose, at the back part of the superior meatus.Here it gives off its posterior lateral nasal branches which spread forward over the conchæ and meatuses, anastomose with the ethmoidal arteries and the nasal branches of the descending palatine, and assist in supplying the frontal, maxillary, ethmoidal, and ...