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greater palatine artery |
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| Synonyms |
major palatine artery arteria palatina major |
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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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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0006664 |
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SCTID:312163002 EMAPA:18754 Wikipedia:Greater_palatine_artery FMA:49795 MA:0001993 |
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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_obo_namespace |
uberon |
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| has_related_synonym |
arteria palatina major |
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UBERON:0006664 |
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#human_reference_atlas |
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| label |
greater palatine artery |
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| notation |
UBERON:0006664 |
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greater palatine artery |
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