Descending palatine artery

Last revised by David Luong on 7 Nov 2023

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Citation:

Fahrenhorst-Jones T, Luong D, Descending palatine artery. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 18 Apr 2024) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-92715

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-92715

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https://radiopaedia.org/articles/92715

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92715

Article created:

1 Sep 2021, Travis Fahrenhorst-Jones ◉

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Last revised:

7 Nov 2023, David Luong ◉

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Systems:

Head & Neck

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Anatomy

The descending palatine artery is a branch of the maxillary artery that supplies both the soft palate and hard palate as well as the palatine tonsils ¹.

Summary

origin: 3rd part of the maxillary artery
course: descending through the pterygopalatine fossa before its branches enter either the greater palatine canal or lesser palatine canal ^1,2
branches: greater palatine and lesser palatine arteries
termination: anastomoses with the sphenopalatine and ascending palatine arteries via the greater and lesser palatine arteries respectively ^3,4