loading...| Preferred Name | greater palatine artery | |
| Synonyms |
arteria palatina major major palatine artery |
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| Definitions |
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. |
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| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0006664 |
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| altLabel |
arteria palatina major major palatine artery |
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| ccf_is_provisional |
false |
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| ccf_part_of | ||
| ccf_pref_label |
greater palatine artery |
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| definition |
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. |
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| editor note |
TODO - check for synonymy between greater and major; branching_part_of relation is made in FMA at level of descending GPA |
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| has exact synonym |
major palatine artery |
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| has part | ||
| has related synonym |
arteria palatina major |
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| has_obo_namespace |
uberon |
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| id |
UBERON:0006664 |
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| in_subset |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#human_reference_atlas |
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| isDefinedBy | ||
| label |
greater palatine artery |
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| notation |
UBERON:0006664 |
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| overlaps | ||
| prefLabel |
greater palatine artery |
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| xRef |
SCTID:312163002 MA:0001993 Wikipedia:Greater_palatine_artery FMA:49795 EMAPA:18754 |
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