Angular artery (facial artery branch)
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The angular artery is the terminal branch of the facial artery.
It becomes the angular artery after the lateral nasal artery branch from the facial artery. It courses superiorly along the lateral border of the external nose to the medial canthus. It is accompanied by the angular vein which drains into the facial vein.
ThisNB this should not be confused with the terminal ACMMCA branch with the same name (angular artery (MCA branch)).
-<p>The <strong>angular artery</strong> is the terminal branch of the <a href="/articles/facial-artery">facial artery</a>.</p><p>It becomes the angular artery after the lateral nasal artery branch from the facial artery. It courses superiorly along the lateral border of the <a href="/articles/nose">external nose</a> to the medial canthus. It is accompanied by the angular vein which drains into the <a href="/articles/facial-vein">facial vein</a>.</p><p>This should not be confused with the terminal ACM branch with the same name (<a title="Angular artery (MCA branch)" href="/articles/angular-artery-mca-branch">Angular artery (MCA branch)</a>).</p>- +<p>The <strong>angular artery</strong> is the terminal branch of the <a href="/articles/facial-artery">facial artery</a>.</p><p>It becomes the angular artery after the <a title="lateral nasal artery" href="/articles/lateral-nasal-artery">lateral nasal artery</a> branch from the facial artery. It courses superiorly along the lateral border of the <a href="/articles/nose">external nose</a> to the medial canthus. It is accompanied by the <a title="Angular vein" href="/articles/angular-vein">angular vein</a> which drains into the <a href="/articles/facial-vein">facial vein</a>.</p><p>NB this should not be confused with the terminal MCA branch with the same name (<a title="Angular artery (MCA branch)" href="/articles/angular-artery-mcabranch">angular artery (MCA branch)</a>).</p>
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