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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.
Group relationships: Eye, Oculus, Optic
Generic synonyms: Arteria, Arterial Blood Vessel, Artery
Medical Definition of Lacrimal artery
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Lacrimal Artery
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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