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Image:Gray854.png Kiesselbach's area, also Kiesselbach's plexus and Little's area, is a region in the anteroinferior part of the nasal septum, where the following arteries anastomose:

• anterior ethmoid artery,
• great palatine artery
• sphenopalatine artery and
• superior labial artery.

Contents 1 Significance/pathology 2 History 3 References 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] Significance/pathology

Eighty percent of nose bleeds (epistaxis) arise from Kiesselbach's area.<ref>Doyle DE. Anterior epistaxis: a new nasal tampon for fast, effective control. Laryngoscope. 1986 Mar;96(3):279-81.PMID 3951304.</ref>

[edit] History

Kiesselbach's plexus is named after Wilhelm Kiesselbach (1839-1902) a German otolaryngologist.

[edit] References

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[edit] See also

• Terms for anatomical location

[edit] External links

• Epistaxis - utmb.edu
• Nose Anatomy - emedicine.com
• Nasal Anatomy - fpnotebook.com