Ascending palatine artery

Tags: Anatomical Structure, Artery.

The ascending palatine artery is an artery in the head that branches off the facial artery and runs up the superior pharyngeal constrictor muscle.

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branch from: Facial artery
Dorlands prefix: a_61
Dorlands suffix: 12155332
Gray page: 555
Gray subject: 144
supplies: Palatine tonsil, Soft palate, Levator veli palatini, Eustachian tube

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