Noun: arteria lacrimalis
- An artery that originates from the ophthalmic artery and supplies the lacrimal gland and rectal eye muscles and the upper eyelid and the forehead
"The arteria lacrimalis was carefully avoided during the orbital surgery";
- lacrimal artery
Type of: arteria, arterial blood vessel, artery
Part of: eye, oculus [rare], optic
Encyclopedia: Arteria lacrimalis