The palatine tonsil receives its arterial supply from all of the following except –
Correct Answer: Sphenopalatine
Description: Blood supply of tonsils
The tonsil is supplied by five arteries :-
Tonsillar branch of facial artery. This is the main artery.
Ascending pharyngeal artery from external carotid.
Ascending palatine, a branch of facial artery.
Dorsal lingual branches of lingual artery.
Descending palatine branch of maxillary artery.
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