Lesser palatine artery
| Lesser palatine arteries | |
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| Details | |
| Source | descending palatine artery |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | arteriae palatinae minores |
| Dorlands /Elsevier |
Lesser palatine arteries |
| TA | A12.2.05.086 |
| FMA | 71688 |
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Anatomical terminology []
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The lesser palatine arteries go through the lesser palatine foramina, and supply the soft palate.
It gives off tonsillary branches to the palatine tonsils.
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