Lesser palatine arteries

Lesser palatine arteries

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Latin = arteriae palatinae minores
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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. [Dorlands|r_02|12692352]

ee also

* Lesser palatine nerve

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