Ascending palatine artery

Ascending palatine artery
The internal carotid and vertebral arteries. Right side. (Ascending palantine visible at center, to left of mouth.)
Details
Source	Facial artery
Supplies	Levator veli palatini soft palate palatine tonsils auditory tube
Identifiers
Latin	arteria palatina ascendens
TA98	A12.2.05.021
TA2	4389
FMA	49555
Anatomical terminology [edit on Wikidata]

The ascending palatine artery is an artery is a branch of the facial artery which ascends along the neck before splitting into two terminal branches; one branch supplies the soft palate, and the other supplies the palatine tonsil and pharyngotympanic tube.