Lesser palatine arteries
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The lesser palatine arteries go through the lesser palatine foramina
, and supply the soft palate
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It gives off tonsillary branches to the palatine tonsils.
Lesser palatine foramina
Behind the greater palatine foramen is the pyramidal process of the palatine bone, perforated by one or more lesser palatine foramina which carry the lesser palatine nerve, and marked by the commencement of a transverse ridge, for the attachment of the tendinous expansion of the Tensor veli palatini....
, and supply the soft palate
Soft palate
The soft palate is the soft tissue constituting the back of the roof of the mouth. The soft palate is distinguished from the hard palate at the front of the mouth in that it does not contain bone....
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It gives off tonsillary branches to the palatine tonsils.