LABIAL ARTERY
\lˈe͡ɪbɪəl ˈɑːtəɹi], \lˈeɪbɪəl ˈɑːtəɹi], \l_ˈeɪ_b_ɪ__ə_l ˈɑː_t_ə_ɹ_i]\
Definitions of LABIAL ARTERY
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
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By Princeton University
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Haller and Sabatier call thus the facial artery of the majority of anatomists. The labial arteries, properly so called, coronary arteries of the lips, (F.) Coronaires des levres, are two in number. The superior arises from the facial, above, mid very close to, the commissure of the lips. It is large and tortuous, and is distributed to the upper lip. The lower arises from the facial, at a considerable distance from the commissure, and proceeds, in a serpentine course, into the substance of the lower lip, to which it is distributed.
By Robley Dunglison
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