Kiesselbach's plexus

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.

Eighty percent of nose bleeds (epistaxis) arise from Kiesselbach’s area.^[1]

Kiesselbach’s plexus is named after Wilhelm Kiesselbach (1839–1902) a German otolaryngologist.

• Terms for anatomical location

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

de:Locus Kiesselbachi

Template:WikiDoc Sources