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ascending pharyngeal artery
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ascending pharyngeal artery
n.
An artery with its origin in the external carotid artery and with distribution to both the wall of the pharynx and the soft palate.
ascending pharyngeal artery,
one of the smallest arteries that branch from the external carotid artery, deep in the neck. It supplies various organs and muscles of the head, such as the tympanic cavity, the longus capitis, and the longus colli. It divides into five branches: the pharyngeal, palatine, prevertebral, inferior tympanic, and posterior meningeal.


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