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ascending palatine artery

ascending palatine artery noun: an inferior artery that arises from the facial artery and divides into two branches of which one supplies the soft palate and the palatine glands and the other supplies especially the tonsils and the eustachian tube.

Noun

ascending palatine artery (plural ascending palatine arteries)

  1. An inferior artery that arises from the facial artery and divides into two branches of which one supplies the soft palate and the palatine glands and the other supplies especially the tonsils and the eustachian tube.

Forms of ascending palatine artery

pluralascending palatine arteries

Questions about ascending palatine artery

What does ascending palatine artery mean?
Ascending palatine artery means an inferior artery that arises from the facial artery and divides into two branches of which one supplies the soft palate and the palatine glands and the other supplies especially the tonsils and the eustachian tube.
What part of speech is ascending palatine artery?
Ascending palatine artery is a noun.
What is the plural of ascending palatine artery?
The plural of ascending palatine artery is ascending palatine arteries.

Words near ascending palatine artery in the dictionary

  1. ascending colon
  2. ascending colons
  3. ascending node
  4. ascending nodes
  5. ascending palatine arteries
  6. ascending palatine artery
  7. ascending pharyngeal arteries
  8. ascending pharyngeal artery
  9. ascendingly
  10. ascendings
  11. ascendostomies

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