connecting branch of maxillary artery artery greater palatine artery Wikipedia:Greater_palatine_artery The greater palatine artery is a terminal branch of the maxillary artery. It branches off of the maxillary artery in the pterygopalatine fossa and descends through the greater palatine foramen along with the greater palatine nerve and supplies the hard palate. It also anastomosis through the incisive canal with the sphenopalatine artery to supply the nasal cavity. MA:0001993 SCTID:312163002 UBERON:0006664 major palatine artery EMAPA:18754 FMA:49795 arteria palatina major