Lateral palpebral arteries

The lateral palpebral arteries are the two large branches of those terminal branches of the lacrimal gland that supply the eyelid, with one lateral palpebral artery supplying one eyelid or the other. They pass medial-ward within the eyelid. They anastomose with medial palpebral arteries to form an arterial cricle.[1]

Lateral palpebral arteries
Bloodvessels of the eyelids, front view. (Lateral palpebral arteries visible but not labeled.)
Details
Sourcelacrimal artery
Supplieseyelid
Identifiers
Latinarteriae palpebrales laterales
TA98A12.2.06.029
TA24478
FMA70781
Anatomical terminology

See also

References

  1. Gray, Henry (1918). Gray's Anatomy (20th ed.). p. 659.


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