Ascending pharyngeal artery
The ascending pharyngeal artery is an artery of the neck that supplies the pharynx.
| Ascending pharyngeal artery | |
|---|---|
The internal carotid and vertebral arteries. Right side. | |
Superficial dissection of the right side of the neck, showing the carotid and subclavian arteries. | |
| Details | |
| Precursor | aortic arch 2 |
| Source | External carotid artery |
| Supplies | Pharynx |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | arteria pharyngea ascendens |
| TA98 | A12.2.05.010 |
| TA2 | 4378 |
| FMA | 49497 |
| Anatomical terminology | |
Its named branches are the inferior tympanic artery, pharyngeal artery, and posterior meningeal artery. inferior tympanic artery, and the meningeal branches (including the posterior meningeal artery).
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