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Ascending palatine artery

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Ascending palatine artery
The internal carotid and vertebral arteries. Right side. (Ascending palantine visible at center, to left of mouth.)
Details
SourceFacial artery
SuppliesLevator veli palatini
soft palate
palatine tonsils
auditory tube
Identifiers
Latinarteria palatina ascendens
TA98A12.2.05.021
TA24389
FMA49555
Anatomical terminology

The ascending palatine artery is an artery is a branch of the facial artery which ascends along the neck before splitting into two terminal branches; one branch supplies the soft palate, and the other supplies the palatine tonsil and pharyngotympanic tube.

Structure

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Origin

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The ascending palatine artery arises from the proximal facial artery (close to the facial artery's origin).[1]

Course

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It passes superior-ward between the styloglossus muscle and stylopharyngeus muscle to reach the side of the pharynx.[1]

It ascends along the side of the pharynx between the superior pharyngeal constrictor and the medial pterygoid muscle[1] to near the base of the skull.[citation needed]

Near the levator veli palatini muscle, the artery splits into its two terminal branches.[1]

Branches

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One terminal branch passes along the levator veli palatini muscle, winding around the superior border of the superior pharyngeal constrictor to provide arterial supply to the soft palate and anastomose with the greater palatine artery and its contralateral partner.[1]

The other terminal branch pierces the superior pharyngeal constrictor to provide arterial supply to the palatine tonsil and pharyngotympanic tube. It forms anastomoses with the tonsillar artery and ascending pharyngeal artery.[1]

See also

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References

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  • Uflacker, Renan, ed. (2007). "Arteries of the Head and Neck". Atlas of Vascular Anatomy: An Angiographic Approach (2nd ed.). Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. ISBN 978-0-7817-6081-2.
  1. ^ a b c d e f Standring, Susan (2020). Gray's Anatomy: The Anatomical Basis of Clinical Practice (42th ed.). New York. p. 586. ISBN 978-0-7020-7707-4. OCLC 1201341621.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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