ascending palatine artery

English

Noun

ascending palatine artery (plural ascending palatine arteries)

1. (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

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 顎升動脈／颚升动脉, 腭升動脈 (èshēngdòngmài)

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.