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Definition of Infraorbital artery

1. Noun. An artery that originates from the maxillary artery and supplies structures below the orbit (from lower eyelid to upper lip).

Medical Definition of Infraorbital artery

1. Origin, third part of maxillary; distribution, upper canine and incisor teeth, inferior rectus and inferior oblique muscles, lower eyelid, lacrimal sac, maxillary sinus, and upper lip; anastomoses, branches of ophthalmic, facial, superior labial, transverse facial, and buccal. Synonym: arteria infraorbitalis. (05 Mar 2000)

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Literary usage of Infraorbital artery

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

1. The International Journal of Orthodontia and Oral Surgery (1919)
"The superior bicuspids and the six anterior teeth are supplied by the anterior dental branches of the infraorbital artery and the middle and anterior ..."

2. Practical Anatomy: An Exposition of the Facts of Gross Anatomy from the by John Clement Heisler (1920)
"The infraorbital artery should be sought at its entrance into the orbit through the spheno-maxillary fissure and traced forward along the floor of the orbit ..."

3. A System of human anatomy, general and special by Erasmus Wilson (1880)
"... branches of the infraorbital artery and nerve and inferiorly with the integument By its deep surface with th superior maxillary bone and buccinator ..."

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