ascending palatine artery
English
Noun
ascending palatine artery (plural ascending palatine arteries)
- (anatomy) An inferior artery that arises from the facial artery and divides into two branches of which one supplies the soft palate and the palatine glands and the other supplies especially the tonsils and the eustachian tube.
- Coordinate terms: descending palatine artery, greater palatine artery, lesser palatine artery
Translations
branch of the facial artery
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See also
- angular artery
- inferior labial artery
- submental artery
- superior labial artery
References
- “palatine artery”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
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