Lateral nasal branch of facial artery
Ramus lateralis nasi arteriae facialis
- Related terms: Lateral nasal branch; Lateral nasal branch (Facial artery)
Definition
The Lateral Nasal branch is derived from the external maxillary as that vessel ascends along the side of the nose.
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, and with the infraorbital branch of the internal maxillary.
References
This definition incorporates text from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy (20th U.S. edition of Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body, published in 1918 – from http://www.bartleby.com/107/).
