ascending palatine artery


as·cend·ing pal·a·tine ar·ter·y

[TA] origin, facial; distribution, lateral walls of pharynx, tonsils, auditory tubes, and soft palate; anastomoses, tonsillar branch of facial, dorsal lingual, and descending palatine. Synonym(s): arteria palatina ascendens [TA]

as·cend·ing pal·a·tine ar·te·ry

(ă-send'ing pal'ă-tīn ahr'tĕr-ē) [TA] Origin, facial; distribution, lateral walls of pharynx, tonsils, auditory tubes, and soft palate; anastomoses, tonsillar branch of facial, dorsal lingual, and descending palatine.
Synonym(s): arteria palatina ascendens.