Supratrochlear artery

Supratrochlear artery
Supratrochlear artery
	The ophthalmic artery and its branches (supratrochlear artery labeled at center top)
	The arteries of the face and scalp (supratrochlear artery labeled at upper right, above eye)
Details
Source	Ophthalmic artery
Supplies	Skin of medial forehead and scalp, underlying pericranium and frontalis muscle
Identifiers
Latin	arteria supratrochlearis, arteria frontalis
TA98	A12.2.06.048
TA2	4499
FMA	50025
	Anatomical terminology

The supratrochlear artery (or frontal artery) is one of the terminal branches of the ophthalmic artery. It arises within the orbit.^[1]^[2] It exits the orbit alongside the supratrochlear nerve. It contributes arterial supply to the skin, muscles and pericranium of the forehead.^[3]

^ Standring, Susan (2016). Gray's Anatomy: The Anatomical Basis of Clinical Practice (41st ed.). Philadelphia. ISBN 978-0-7020-5230-9. OCLC 920806541.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ Agorgianitis, Loukas; Panagouli, Eleni; Tsakotos, George; Tsoucalas, Gregory; Filippou, Dimitrios (2020-02-29). "The Supratrochlear Artery Revisited: An Anatomic Review in Favor of Modern Cosmetic Applications in the Area". Cureus. 12 (2): e7141. doi:10.7759/cureus.7141. ISSN 2168-8184. PMC 7105260. PMID 32257686.
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[:0-1] Standring, Susan (2016). Gray's Anatomy: The Anatomical Basis of Clinical Practice (41st ed.). Philadelphia. ISBN 978-0-7020-5230-9. OCLC 920806541.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[:1-2] Agorgianitis, Loukas; Panagouli, Eleni; Tsakotos, George; Tsoucalas, Gregory; Filippou, Dimitrios (2020-02-29). "The Supratrochlear Artery Revisited: An Anatomic Review in Favor of Modern Cosmetic Applications in the Area". Cureus. 12 (2): e7141. doi:10.7759/cureus.7141. ISSN 2168-8184. PMC 7105260. PMID 32257686.

[:3-3] Cite error: The named reference :3 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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