All of the following aeries contributes to Little’s area EXCEPT:
Correct Answer: Posterior Ethmoidal aery
Description: Kiesselbach's plexus It lies in Kiesselbach's area/ Kiesselbach's triangle/ Little's area It is a region in the anteroinferior pa of the nasal septum where four aeries anastomose to form a vascular plexus of that name. The aeries are: - Anterior Ethmoidal aery (from the Ophthalmic aery) - Sphenopalatine aery (terminal branch of the Maxillary aery) - Greater palatine aery (from the Maxillary aery) Septal branch of the superior labial aery (from the Facial aery) Although the Posterior Ethmoidal aery also supplies the septum of the nose, it does not contribute to the plexus.
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