Morphological observation of Ascending Pharyngeal Artery and Ascending Palatine Artery / 昆明医科大学学报

ABSTRACT

A detailed description of the ascending pharyngeal artery and the ascending palatine artery,including their courses,branches and supplies,was given based on the full dissection,exposure and comparison of 30 sides of half-head specimens(20 sides of fetus heads and 10 sides of adult heads).The results are as follows(1) the arteries can be divided into three types,the dominant type of the ascending pharyngeaL artery,the dominant type of the ascending palatine artery and the type of balance;(2)the various branches of the ascending pharyngeal artery,especia- lly some branches unknown or known a little,have been described in detail;(3) recommendation of a simple and rapid method for exposing these two arteries.