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.

Significance/pathology
Eighty percent of nose bleeds (epistaxis) arise from Kiesselbach's area.

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