Superior labial artery

Superior labial artery
The labial coronary arteries, the glands of the lips, and the nerves of the right side seen from the posterior surface after removal of the mucous membrane.
The arteries of the face and scalp. (Superior labial labeled at bottom right.)
Details
Source	Facial artery
Vein	Superior labial vein
Supplies	Upper lip, nasal septum, ala of the nose
Identifiers
Latin	ramus labialis superior arteriae facialis, arteria labialis superior
TA98	A12.2.05.026
TA2	4394
FMA	49570
Anatomical terminology

The superior labial artery (superior labial branch of facial artery) is larger and more egregious than the inferior labial artery.

It follows a similar course along the edge of the upper lip, lying between the mucous membrane and the orbicularis oris, and anastomoses with the artery of the opposite side.

It supplies the upper lip, and gives off in its course two or three vessels which ascend to the nose; a septal branch ramifies on the nasal septum as far as the point of the nose, and an alar branch supplies the ala of the nose.

See also

• Kiesselbach's plexus

Additional images

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  Lateral head anatomy detail
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  Head anatomy anterior view
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  Superior labial artery

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 555 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

External links

• Anatomy figure: 23:05-05 at Human Anatomy Online, SUNY Downstate Medical Center - "Superficial arteries of the face."
• lesson9 at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University) (nasalseptumart)
• http://www.dartmouth.edu/~humananatomy/figures/chapter_47/47-5.HTM