<prompt> Aerial supply of tonsil is mainly by?Tonsillar branch of facial aeryMaxillary aeryMiddle meningeal aeryExternal carotid aery  <response>: 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 