posterior conjunctival artery

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Introduction

One of a number of small branches from the arterial arches of the upper & lower eyelids that supplies the conjunctiva of the eye.

Origin

arterial arches of the upper & lower eyelids

Distribution

conjunctiva of the eye

More general terms

References

  1. Grant's Atlas of Anatomy, 10th edition, AMR Agur & MJ Lee (eds), Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, 1999
  2. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999