angular artery
- noun
- Specialized
:
arteria angular
- Understanding the anatomy of the angular artery is essential for effective facial reconstructive surgery.
Examples
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The surgeon carefully identified the angular artery to ensure proper blood flow to the lower eyelid.
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When bony stock is desired for the reconstruction, dissection should include the angular artery.
Academic text (2005) -
During the procedure, the team focused on the angular artery to prevent excessive bleeding near the nose.
Synonyms
A blood vessel that carries blood to the inner corner of the eye and nearby cheek and nose
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun 'artery' clearly signals a blood vessel, and 'angular' as an adjective suggests location related to an 'angle' or corner, so a learner could infer this is an artery located at an angled/corner region (e.g., of the face). However, the exact anatomical sense — that it is the terminal branch of the facial artery supplying the side of the nose and lower eyelid — is specialized and not fully predictable from general knowledge of 'angular', so a B1 learner would only reach a partial, location-based understanding.
Etymology
Angular artery comes from the old word for an 'angle' or 'corner'; angular points to the corner where the nose meets the eye and artery means a blood vessel. So the name literally means the blood vessel at that corner, which is why it refers to the vessel at the side of the nose and the lower eyelid.
