arteria facialis

7.6

A blood vessel that carries blood to the lower face and neck

noun
/ɑːrˈtɪəriə fəˈkeɪliəs/

Specialized

: arteria facial

The arteria facialis is a major blood vessel supplying the face and lower jaw.

Examples

During surgery, care must be taken to avoid injuring the arteria facialis.
Symptoms of trauma in the arteria facialis can include swelling or abnormal bleeding in the face.
The arteria facialis is crucial for facial blood supply.
Surgeons monitor the arteria facialis during neck procedures.
During surgery, care must be taken to avoid injuring the arteria facialis as it supplies essential blood to the face.
The arteria facialis is a major blood vessel that provides oxygen-rich blood to the structures of the face and neck.
Surgeons monitor the arteria facialis closely to ensure proper blood flow during facial reconstruction procedures.

Synonyms

facial artery

vsarteria facialis

Specialized

1 5.1

A blood vessel that carries blood to the face and neck

is the Latin form used for the same artery

external maxillary artery

vsarteria facialis

Archaic

6.6

A blood vessel that carries blood to the face and neck

is the Latin form used instead of this older English name

Surface Forms

arteria facialis singular

arteriae faciales plural

Morphology

arteria + facialis

Although the term uses Latin forms, its parts map directly to 'artery' (arteria) and 'facial/of the face' (facialis), so a learner who knows those constituents can infer it refers to the artery serving the face (and nearby structures). The noun+modifier composition is regular and cross-linguistically paralleled (e.g. Spanish 'arteria facial'), making the meaning transparently derivable from the parts.

Etymology

Arteria facialis is a name from old Latin words: arteria meaning 'artery' and facialis meaning 'of the face'. It literally means the artery of the face, so it is the blood vessel that gives blood to the face and lower jaw.