| Artery: Sphenopalatine artery | |
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| Plan of branches of internal maxillary artery. (Sphenopalatine visible in upper right.) | |
| Latin | arteria sphenopalatina |
| Gray's | subject #144 562 |
| Supplies | frontal, maxillary, ethmoidal, and sphenoidal sinuses |
| Source | maxillary artery |
| Branches | posterior lateral nasal branches posterior septal branches |
The sphenopalatine artery (nasopalatine artery) is an artery of the head, commonly known as the artery of epistaxis[1].
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Course
The sphenopalatine artery passes through the sphenopalatine foramen into the cavity of the nose, at the back part of the superior meatus. Here it gives off its posterior lateral nasal branches.
Crossing the under surface of the sphenoid the sphenopalatine artery ends on the nasal septum as the posterior septal branches.
Clinical significance
This artery is often ligated surgically to control severe epistaxis.
See also
External links
- lesson4 at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University) (infratempfossaart)
- lesson9 at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University) (nasalseptumart)
- Sphenopalatine+artery at eMedicine Dictionary
Notes
This article was originally based on an entry from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy. As such, some of the information contained herein may be outdated.
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