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The palatine tonsil receives its arterial supply from all of the following, except:

A
Facial
B
Ascending palatine
C
Sphenopalatine
D
Dorsal lingual
High-Yield Explanation
(c) Sphenopalatine(Ref. Chaurasia, 6th ed., Vol 3; 230)The Sphenopalatine artery which is a branch of maxillary does not supply the tonsil. It is the main artery supplying the nose and is called the artery of epistaxis.The rest arteries supply the tonsil.

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