artery of upper lip
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0003470
The superior labial artery (superior labial branch of facial artery) is larger and more tortuous 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. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superior_labial_artery ]
Synonyms: ramus labialis superior arteriae facialis, arteria labialis superior, superior labial artery, superior labial branch of facial artery
Term info
- FMA:49570
- Wikipedia:Superior_labial_artery
- SCTID:145137009
- MA:0001917
- EMAPA:37430 (MA:th)
human_reference_atlas
uberon
UBERON:0003470
Superior labial artery
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606
Term relations
- artery of lip
- head blood vessel
- systemic artery
- supplies some upper lip
- branching part of some facial artery
- part of some facial artery