Posterior ethmoidal artery
Arteria ethmoidea posterior
- Latin synonym: Arteria ethmoidalis posterior
Definition
The posterior ethmoidal artery, the smaller of the ethmoidal arteries (branches of the ophtlamic artery), passes through the posterior ethmoidal canal, supplies the posterior ethmoidal cells, and, entering the cranium, gives off a meningeal branch to the dura mater, and nasal branches which descend into the nasal cavity through apertures in the cribriform plate, anastomosing with branches of the sphenopalatine.
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/).
