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1.1  Origin  





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Anterior ethmoidal artery






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Anterior ethmoidal artery
The ophthalmic artery and its branches
(anterior and posterior ethmoid labeled at left)
Details
SourceOphthalmic artery
BranchesBranches to ethmoid air cells and frontal sinus, meningeal branch, nasal branches
VeinEthmoidal veins
SuppliesAnterior and middle ethmoidal cells, frontal sinus
Identifiers
Latinarteria ethmoidalis anterior
TA98A12.2.06.039
TA24487
FMA49986
Anatomical terminology

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The anterior ethmoidal artery is a branch of the ophthalmic artery in the orbit.[1] It exits the orbit through the anterior ethmoidal foramen alongside the anterior ethmoidal nerve. It contributes blood supply to the ethmoid sinuses, frontal sinuses, the dura mater, lateral nasal wall, and nasal septum. It issues a meningeal branch, and nasal branches.[2]

Structure[edit]

Origin[edit]

The anterior ethmoidal artery branches from the ophthalmic artery distal to the posterior ethmoidal artery.

Course and relations[edit]

It travels with the anterior ethmoidal nerve to exit the medial wall of the orbit at the anterior ethmoidal foramen. It then travels through the anterior ethmoidal canal and gives branches which supply the frontal sinus and anterior and middle ethmoid air cells. Following which, it enters the anterior cranial fossa where it bifurcates into a meningeal branch and nasal branch.[citation needed]

The nasal branch travels through cribriform plate to enter the nasal cavity and runs in a groove on the deep surface of the nasal bone. Here it bifurcates into a medial and lateral branch. The lateral branch supplies blood to the lateral wall of the nasal cavity and the medial branch to the nasal septum. A terminal branch of the lateral branch, called the external nasal branch passes between the nasal bone and the nasal cartilage to supply the skin of the nose.[citation needed]

Branches[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Standring, Susan (2016). Gray's anatomy : the anatomical basis of clinical practice (Forty-first ed.). [Philadelphia]. ISBN 978-0-7020-5230-9. OCLC 920806541.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • ^ Standring, Susan (2020). Gray's Anatomy: The Anatomical Basis of Clinical Practice (42nd ed.). New York. p. 780. ISBN 978-0-7020-7707-4. OCLC 1201341621.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • ^ Pollock, James A.; Newton, Thomas H. (December 1968). "The Anterior Falx Artery: Normal and Pathologic Anatomy". Radiology. 91 (6): 1089–1095. doi:10.1148/91.6.1089. ISSN 0033-8419. PMID 5699608.
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