Supratrochlear artery

Supratrochlear artery

Infobox Artery
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Latin = arteria supratrochlearis, arteria frontalis
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Caption = The ophthalmic artery and its branches. (Supratrochlear artery labeled at center top.)


Caption2 = The arteries of the face and scalp. (Frontal labeled at upper right, above eye.)
BranchFrom = ophthalmic artery, scalp
BranchTo =
Vein =
Supplies = forehead: integument, muscles, and pericranium
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DorlandsPre = a_61
DorlandsSuf = 12156189
The supratrochlear artery (or frontal artery), one of the terminal branches of the ophthalmic artery, branches off where the ophthalmic travels posterior to the trochlea.

Course

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.

External links

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* [http://www.stchas.edu/divisions/aao/ace/science/modelpics/circulatory/head.shtml Diagram at stchas.edu]
* http://www.dartmouth.edu/~humananatomy/figures/chapter_47/47-2.HTM


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