Tonsils: Blood supply

Submitted by Nishanth_koda on Wed, 10/12/2008 - 01:55
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  • Lingual artery 
  • Facial artery
  • Ascending pharyngeal artery
  • Maxillary artery

The details of arterial supply of tonsils; each tonsil is supplied by 5 arteries.

  • Dorsal linguae branches of Lingual artery
  • Tonsillar branch of Facial artery
  • Ascending palatine branch of Facial artery
  • Ascending pharyngeal artery from external carotid
  • Descending palatine branch of Maxillary artery
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