<prompt> The palatine tonsil receives its arterial supply from all of the following except -FacialAscending palatineSphenopalatineDorsal lingual  <response>: Blood supply of tonsilsThe tonsil is supplied by five arteries :-Tonsillar branch of facial artery. This is the main artery.Ascending pharyngeal artery from external carotid.Ascending palatine, a branch of facial artery.Dorsal lingual branches of lingual artery.Descending palatine branch of maxillary artery. 