English Explanatory Dictionary

ascending palatine artery

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Word forms

ascending palatine artery ascending palatine arteries

Related words

angular artery inferior labial artery submental artery superior labial artery
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