THE ARTERIAL SUPPLY OF THE PALATE - IMPLICATIONS FOR CLOSURE OF CLEFTPALATES

Authors
MERCER NSG MACCARTHY P
Citation
Nsg. Mercer et P. Maccarthy, THE ARTERIAL SUPPLY OF THE PALATE - IMPLICATIONS FOR CLOSURE OF CLEFTPALATES, Plastic and reconstructive surgery, 96(5), 1995, pp. 1038-1044
Citations number
30
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
Plastic and reconstructive surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
00321052
Volume
96
Issue
5
Year of publication
1995
Pages
1038 - 1044
Database
ISI
SICI code
0032-1052(1995)96:5<1038:TASOTP>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
Little is known of the arterial anatomy of the palate. Injection studi es and dissection of a total of 49 cadavers have shown the principal a rterial supply of the soft palate to be the ascending pharyngeal arter y, which anastomoses with the greater palatine artery at the junction of the hard and soft palates. The position and relations of the branch es of the ascending palatine artery put it at risk during palate repai r.