Supraorbital artery

Supraorbital artery
The ophthalmic artery and its branches. (Supraorbital artery labeled at center top.)
The tarsi and their ligaments. Right eye; front view. (Supraorbital vessels labeled at upper right.)
Details
Latin	arteria supraorbitalis
Source	ophthalmic artery
Branches	superficial branch deep branch
Vein	supraorbital vein
Supplies	levator palpebrae superioris diploë of the frontal bone frontal sinus upper eyelid skin of the forehead scalp
Identifiers
Dorlands /Elsevier	a_61/12156148
TA
TH	{{#property:P1694}}
TE	{{#property:P1693}}
FMA	{{#property:P1402}}
Anatomical terminology [[[d:|edit on Wikidata]]]

The supraorbital artery is an artery of the head.

Course

It springs from the ophthalmic artery as that vessel is crossing over to the medial side of the optic nerve.

It passes upward on the medial borders of the superior rectus muscle and levator palpebrae superioris, meeting the supraorbital nerve accompanies it between the roof of the orbit and levator palpebrae superioris to the supraorbital notch.

Branching

When passing through the supraorbital notch it divides into a superficial and a deep branch. Its terminal branches anastomose with branches of the supratrochlear artery and the superficial temporal arteries.

Supplies

This artery supplies the levator palpebrae superioris, the diploë of the frontal bone, the frontal sinus, the upper eyelid, and the skin of the forehead and the scalp.

This artery may be absent in 10% to 20% of individuals.

Additional images

• 

  The arteries of the face and scalp.

• 

  Bloodvessels of the eyelids, front view.

• 

  supraorbital artery

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

External links

• Photo of model at Waynesburg College circulation/supraorbitalartery
• http://www.dartmouth.edu/~humananatomy/figures/chapter_47/47-2.HTM