ascending palatine artery

noun

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.

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Meanings

nounascending palatine artery (plural ascending palatine arteries)

plural ascending palatine arteries

  1. anatomyAn 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.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 顎升動脈 /颚升动脉, 腭升動脈 /腭升动脉
  • 顎升動脈 /颚升动脉branch of the facial artery
  • 腭升動脈 /腭升动脉 (èshēngdòngmài)branch of the facial artery
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Chicago

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