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Ascending palatine artery
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The ascending palatine artery is an artery is a branch of the facial artery which ascends along the neck before splitting into two terminal branches; one branch supplies the soft palate, and the other supplies the palatine tonsil and pharyngotympanic tube.
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Ascending palatine artery | |
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![]() The internal carotid and vertebral arteries. Right side. (Ascending palantine visible at center, to left of mouth.) | |
Details | |
Source | Facial artery |
Supplies | Levator veli palatini soft palate palatine tonsils auditory tube |
Identifiers | |
Latin | arteria palatina ascendens |
TA98 | A12.2.05.021 |
TA2 | 4389 |
FMA | 49555 |
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