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| Artery: Descending palatine artery | |
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| Plan of branches of internal maxillary artery. ("Desc. pal." visible in upper right.) | |
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| Plan of branches of internal maxillary artery. (Artery not labeled, but region is visible.) | |
| Latin | arteria palatina descendens |
| Gray's | subject #144 562 |
| Supplies | hard palate, soft palate |
| Source | maxillary artery (3rd part) |
| Branches | greater palatine artery, lesser palatine arteries |
The descending palatine artery is an artery of the head.
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Course
It descends through the pterygopalatine canal with the anterior palatine branch of the sphenopalatine ganglion, and, emerging from the greater palatine foramen, runs forward in a groove on the medial side of the alveolar border of the hard palate to the incisive canal; the terminal branch of the artery passes upward through this canal to anastomose with the sphenopalatine artery.
Branches
Branches are distributed to the gums, the palatine glands, and the mucous membrane of the roof of the mouth; while in the pterygopalatine canal it gives off twigs which descend in the lesser palatine canals to supply the soft palate and palatine tonsil, anastomosing with the ascending palatine artery.
According to Terminologia Anatomica, the descending palatine artery branches into the greater palatine artery and lesser palatine arteries.
See also
Additional images
 Base of skull. Inferior surface. |
References
External links
- Descending+palatine+artery at eMedicine Dictionary
- Norman/Georgetown lesson4 (infratempfossaart)
- Norman/Georgetown lesson9 (nasalseptumart)
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