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greater palatine artery

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The greater palatine artery is a terminal branch of the maxillary artery. It branches off of the maxillary artery in the pterygopalatine fossa and descends through the greater palatine foramen along with the greater palatine nerve and supplies the hard palate. It also anastomosis through the incisive canal with the sphenopalatine artery to supply the nasal cavity. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_palatine_artery ]

Synonyms: major palatine artery

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human_reference_atlas

editor note

TODO - check for synonymy between greater and major; branching_part_of relation is made in FMA at level of descending GPA

has related synonym

arteria palatina major

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UBERON:0006664

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Greater palatine artery

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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606