Arterial supply of tonsil is mainly:: (A) Tonsillar branch of facial artery, (B) Maxillary artery, (C) Middle meningeal artery, (D) Internal carotid artery
Answer is A. (a) Tonsillar branch of facial artery(Ref. Scott Brown, 8th ed., Vol 3; 742)The arterial supply to tonsil is by external carotid artery branches.Maxillary artery also supplies the tonsil but the main artery supplying is the tonsillar branch of facial.Middle meningeal artery, a branch of maxillary artery, does not supply the tonsil.