descending palatine artery
(redirected from Descending palatine vessels)de·scend·ing pal·a·tine ar·ter·y
[TA]origin, third part of maxillary; distribution, passes through palatine canal terminating by dividing into greater and lesser palatine arteries, supplies soft palate, gums, and bones and mucous membrane of hard palate, anterior oropharynx; anastomoses, sphenopalatine, ascending palatine, ascending pharyngeal, and tonsillar branches of facial.
Synonym(s): arteria palatina descendens [TA]
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de·scend·ing pal·a·tine ar·te·ry
(dĕ-send'ing pal'ă-tīn ahr'tĕr-ē) [TA]Origin, maxillary; distribution, soft palate, gums, and bones and mucous membrane of hard palate; anastomoses, sphenopalatine, ascending palatine, ascending pharyngeal, and tonsillar branches of facial.
Synonym(s): arteria palatina descendens.
Synonym(s): arteria palatina descendens.
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descending palatine artery
A branch of the maxillary artery; it runs downward in the greater palatine canal. Its branches include the lesser and the greater palatine arteries.
See also: artery
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