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Ascending pharyngeal artery
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The ascending pharyngeal artery is an artery of the neck that supplies the pharynx.
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Ascending pharyngeal artery | |
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![]() The internal carotid and vertebral arteries. Right side. | |
Superficial dissection of the right side of the neck, showing the carotid and subclavian arteries. | |
Details | |
Precursor | Aortic arch 2 |
Source | External carotid artery |
Supplies | Pharynx |
Identifiers | |
Latin | arteria pharyngea ascendens |
TA98 | A12.2.05.010 |
TA2 | 4378 |
FMA | 49497 |
Anatomical terminology |
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Its named branches are the inferior tympanic artery, pharyngeal artery, and posterior meningeal artery. inferior tympanic artery, and the meningeal branches (including the posterior meningeal artery).[1]