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
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, lying between the
mucous membrane
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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
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, and an alar branch supplies the
ala of the nose.
See also
*
Kiesselbach's plexus
Additional images
File:Lateral head anatomy detail.jpg, Lateral head anatomy detail
File:Head ap anatomy.jpg, Head anatomy anterior view
File:Slide1bbbb.JPG, Superior labial artery
References
External links
* - "Superficial arteries of the face."
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* http://www.dartmouth.edu/~humananatomy/figures/chapter_47/47-5.HTM
Arteries of the head and neck
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