Preferred Name

greater palatine artery
Synonyms

arteria palatina major

major palatine artery

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.

ID

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0006664

alternative label

arteria palatina major

major palatine artery

connected to

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001616

connecting branch of

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001616

database_cross_reference

SCTID:312163002

EMAPA:18754

Wikipedia:Greater_palatine_artery

FMA:49795

MA:0001993

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.

editor note

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

has exact synonym

major palatine artery

has_obo_namespace

uberon

has_related_synonym

arteria palatina major

id

UBERON:0006664

in_subset

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#human_reference_atlas

label

greater palatine artery

notation

UBERON:0006664

note

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.

part_of

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002577

preferred label

greater palatine artery

prefLabel

greater palatine artery

present_in_taxon

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

treeView

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002577

subClassOf

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001637

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