Aerial supply of tonsil is mainly by?
The tonsil is supplied by five aeries : 1. Tonsillar branch of the facial aery. This is the main aery. 2. Ascending pharyngeal aery from external carotid. 3. Ascending palatine, a branch of the facial aery. 4. Dorsal lingual branches of the lingual aery. 5. Descending palatine branch of the maxillary aery. (Ref: Diseases of ear, nose and throat and head and neck surgery, PL Dhingra 7th edition, Pg no. 291)
Tonsillar branch of facial aery
Maxillary aery
Middle meningeal aery
External carotid aery
Pharynx