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Noun: lacrimal artery
  1. An artery that originates from the ophthalmic artery and supplies the lacrimal gland and rectal eye muscles and the upper eyelid and the forehead
    - arteria lacrimalis

Derived forms: lacrimal arteries

Type of: arteria, arterial blood vessel, artery

Part of: eye, oculus, optic

Encyclopedia: Lacrimal artery