1. an artery that originates from the ophthalmic artery and supplies the lacrimal gland and rectal eye muscles and the upper eyelid and the forehead; [syn: lacrimal artery, arteria lacrimalis]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
lacrimal artery
n 1: an artery that originates from the ophthalmic artery and
supplies the lacrimal gland and rectal eye muscles and the
upper eyelid and the forehead [syn: lacrimal artery,
arteria lacrimalis]