carries blood anteriorly towards the compound eyes; one of seven major arteries found in the crayfish

The artery that supplies blood to the eyeball.

a branch of the internal carotid artery that supplies the eye and neighboring structures

Originates from the internal carotid and branches into the lacrimal, supraorbital, central artery of the retina, ciliary, posterior and anterior ethmoid, palpebral, supratrochlear, and dorsal nasal arteries. image

The ophthalmic artery is a branch of the internal carotid artery which supplies branches to supply the eye and other structures in the orbit.