Espiral Atlas
ArteryHead and neck

Posterior septal branches of sphenopalatine artery

rami septales posteriores arteriae sphenopalatinae

Nasal septum, where they anastomose with branches of the greater palatine; the anastomosis of four or five arteries in the anteroinferior part of the septum forms Kiesselbach's area, a common site of epistaxis.

Head and neck – 3D human anatomy atlas

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