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Artery: Tonsillar branch of the facial artery
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The internal carotid and vertebral arteries. Right side. (Tonsillar labeled at center.)
Latin	ramus tonsillaris arteriae facialis
Gray's	subject #144 555
Source	facial artery
Dorlands/Elsevier	r_02/12692337

The tonsillar branch of the facial artery ascends between the Pterygoideus internus and Styloglossus, and then along the side of the pharynx, perforating the Constrictor pharyngis superior, to ramify in the substance of the palatine tonsil and root of the tongue.

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Arteries of head and neckedit

EXTERNAL CAROTID: Anterior: superior thyroid - superior laryngeal - lingual (sublingual) facial: cervical branches (ascending palatine - tonsillar - submental) - facial branches (inferior labial - superior labial - lateral nasal - angular) Posterior and ascending: occipital - posterior auricular - stylomastoid - ascending pharyngeal (meningeal branches) Terminal: superficial temporal - transverse facial - middle temporal (zygomaticoörbital) - parietal branch internal maxillary - 1st part: anterior tympanic - deep auricular - middle meningeal - superior tympanic - accessory meningeal - inferior alveolar - lingual 2nd part: deep temporal - masseteric - buccinator - posterior superior alveolar 3rd part: infraorbital - descending palatine - artery of the pterygoid canal - sphenopalatine | (Gray's s144) INTERNAL CAROTID: cervical portion - petrous portion - cavernous portion ophthalmic - orbital group: lacrimal - supra-orbital - posterior ethmoidal - anterior ethmoidal - medial palpebral - supratrochlear - dorsal nasal ocular group: central retinal - ciliary cerebral portion: anterior cerebral - anterior communicating - middle cerebral - posterior communicating - anterior choroidal - circle of Willis | (Gray's s146 - Gray's s147) SUBCLAVIAN: vertebral: meningeal branches - posterior spinal - anterior spinal - posterior inferior cerebellar - basilar (internal auditory - anterior inferior cerebellar - superior cerebellar - posterior cerebral) thyrocervical trunk: inferior thyroid - inferior laryngeal - ascending cervical - suprascapular - transverse cervical - dorsal scapular internal thoracic: musculophrenic - anterior intercostal - pericardiacophrenic - superior epigastric costocervical trunk: highest intercostal, deep cervical | (Gray's s148)