The infraorbital artery is an artery in the head that branches off the maxillary artery, emerging through the infraorbital foramen, just under the orbit of the eye.

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14: Snyder CJ, Snyder LB. Effect of mepivacaine in an infraorbital nerve block on minimum alveolar concentration of isoflurane in clinically normal anesthetized dogs undergoing a modified form of dental dolorimetry. J Am Vet Med Assoc. 2013 Jan 15;242(2):199-204. doi: 10.2460/javma.242.2.199. PMID: 23276096.

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20: Staszyk C, Bienert A, Bäumer W, Feige K, Gasse H. Simulation of local anaesthetic nerve block of the infraorbital nerve within the pterygopalatine fossa: anatomical landmarks defined by computed tomography. Res Vet Sci. 2008 Dec;85(3):399-406. doi: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2008.02.008. Epub 2008 Mar 26. PMID: 18371997.

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25: Ahuja S, Datta A, Krishna A, Bhattacharya A. Infra-orbital nerve block for relief of postoperative pain following cleft lip surgery in infants. Anaesthesia. 1994 May;49(5):441-4. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1994.tb03484.x. PMID: 8209992.

26: Sewall EC. Surgical removal of the sphenopalatine ganglion. Report of three operations; elaborating an original technic to expose the pterygopalatine fossa, command the internal maxillary artery and its terminals and the infraorbital nerve and its branches. 1937. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol. 1992 Apr;101(4):285-92. doi: 10.1177/000348949210100401. PMID: 1562131.

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