part of part of connecting branch of Homo sapiens system superficial temporal artery artery zygomatico-orbital artery UBERON:0015157 zygomaticooerbital branch SCTID:146753008 zygomaticoorbital branch FMA:49663 Wikipedia:Zygomatico-orbital_artery The middle temporal artery occasionally gives off a zygomatico-orbital branch, which runs along the upper border of the zygomatic arch, between the two layers of the temporal fascia, to the lateral angle of the orbit. This branch, which may arise directly from the superficial temporal artery, supplies the Orbicularis oculi, and anastomoses with the lacrimal and palpebral branches of the ophthalmic artery.