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lesser palatine artery
Origin: descending palatine artery in the greater palatine canal
Distribution:
1) soft palate
2) palatine tonsil
General
blood vessel
Properties
FORM: lesser palatine artery
ORIGIN: descending palatine artery
References
Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
Components
intima; tunica intima
tunica media
vascular endothelium