| Superior labial artery | |
|---|---|
 The labial coronary arteries, the glands of the lips, and the nerves of the right side seen from the posterior surface after removal of the mucous membrane. | |
 The arteries of the face and scalp. (Superior labial labeled at bottom right.) | |
| Details | |
| Source | Facial artery |
| Vein | Superior labial vein |
| Supplies | Upper lip,nasal septum,ala of the nose |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | ramus labialis superior arteriae facialis, arteria labialis superior |
| TA98 | A12.2.05.026 |
| TA2 | 4394 |
| FMA | 49570 |
| Anatomical terminology | |
Thesuperior labial artery (superior labial branch of facial artery) is larger and more egregious than theinferior labial artery.
It follows a similar course along the edge of theupper lip, lying between themucous membrane and theorbicularis oris, and anastomoses with the artery of the opposite side.
It supplies the upper lip, and gives off in its course two or three vessels which ascend to the nose; a septal branch ramifies on thenasal septum as far as the point of thenose, and an alar branch supplies theala of the nose.
This article incorporates text in thepublic domain frompage 555 of the 20th edition ofGray's Anatomy(1918)
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