| Artery: Supratrochlear artery | |
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| The ophthalmic artery and its branches (supratrochlear artery labeled at center top) | |
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| The arteries of the face and scalp (supratrochlear artery labeled at upper right, above eye) | |
| Latin | Arteria supratrochlearis, arteria frontalis |
| Gray's | subject #146 570 |
| Supplies | Forehead: integument, muscles, and pericranium |
| Source | Ophthalmic artery |
The supratrochlear artery (or frontal artery), one of the terminal branches of the ophthalmic artery, branches off where the ophthalmic artery travels posterior to the trochlea.
Course [edit]
It leaves the orbit at its medial angle by piercing the orbital septum with the supratrochlear nerve, and, ascending on the forehead, supplies the integument, muscles, and pericranium, anastomosing with the supraorbital artery, and with the artery of the opposite side.
References [edit]
This article incorporates text from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy.
External links [edit]
- Photo of model at Waynesburg College circulation/frontalartery
- supratrochlear+artery at eMedicine Dictionary
- Diagram at stchas.edu
- http://www.dartmouth.edu/~humananatomy/figures/chapter_47/47-2.HTM
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