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
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