Definition of Lacrimal artery

1. Noun. An artery that originates from the ophthalmic artery and supplies the lacrimal gland and rectal eye muscles and the upper eyelid and the forehead.

Exact synonyms: Arteria Lacrimalis
Group relationships: Eye, Oculus, Optic
Generic synonyms: Arteria, Arterial Blood Vessel, Artery

Medical Definition of Lacrimal artery

1. Origin, ophthalmic; distribution, lacrimal gland, lateral and superior rectus muscles, superior eyelid, forehead, and temporal fossa. Synonym: arteria lacrimalis. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lacrimal Artery

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lacquers
lacquerware
lacquerwares
lacquerwork
lacquerworks
lacquey
lacqueyed
lacqueying
lacqueys
lacrimae rerum
lacrimal
lacrimal apparatus
lacrimal apparatus diseases
lacrimal apparatuses
lacrimal artery (current term)
lacrimal bay
lacrimal bone
lacrimal bones
lacrimal border of maxilla
lacrimal calculus
lacrimal canaliculus
lacrimal caruncle
lacrimal conjunctivitis
lacrimal duct
lacrimal duct obstruction
lacrimal fascia
lacrimal fistula
lacrimal fold
lacrimal fossa

Literary usage of Lacrimal artery

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"The lacrimal artery give off one or two zygomatic branches, ... The lacrimal artery is sometimes derived from one of the anterior branches of the middle ..."

2. Anatomy of the Human Body by Henry Gray (1918)
"The lacrimal artery (a. lacrimalis) arises close to the optic foramen, and is one of the ... The lacrimal artery give off one or two zygomatic branches, ..."

3. Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham (1921)
"The meningeal branch of the lacrimal artery enters the middle cranial fossa through the superior orbital fissure, ..."

4. The Anatomy of the human skeleton by Henry Morris, John Ernest Frazer (1914)
"... recurrent branches of the lacrimal artery, and an ophthalmic vein. The lower margin of the fissure presents near the middle a small tubercle, ..."

5. Modern ophthalmology by James Moores Ball (1908)
"The lacrimal artery is the largest branch. It passes above the rectus externus muscle to the lacrimal gland, to which it gives branches. ..."

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