Angular artery

Looks like

The end of the facial artery, running up the side of the nose to the inner corner of the eye.

What it does

Supplies the side of the nose and lower eyelid, and links with branches of the ophthalmic artery.

Keeping it well

Filler injected into it by mistake can travel to the eye and cause blindness — a real risk of cosmetic injections near the nose.

Related conditions

• Carotid artery stenosis
• High blood pressure
• High cholesterol
• Hypothermia & frostbite
• Kawasaki disease
• Metabolic syndrome
• Orthostatic hypotension & POTS
• Peripheral artery disease
• Phaeochromocytoma & hyperaldosteronism
• Pre-eclampsia
• Raynaud's phenomenon
• Sepsis
• Shock (circulatory failure)
• Takayasu arteritis
• Vasculitis (GCA & others)