Lingual artery

Artery: Lingual artery
Side of neck, showing chief surface markings. (Lingual artery labeled at center left.)
Veins of the tongue. The hypoglossal nerve has been displaced downward in this preparation. (Lingual artery labeled at center left.)
Latin	arteria lingualis
Gray's	subject #144 553
Supplies	genioglossus
Source	external carotid
Vein	lingual vein
Dorlands / Elsevier	a_61/12154839

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Course

The lingual artery arises from the external carotid between the superior thyroid and facial artery.

It first runs obliquely upward and medialward to the greater cornu of the hyoid bone.

It then curves downward and forward, forming a loop which is crossed by the hypoglossal nerve, and passing beneath the Digastricus and Stylohyoideus it runs horizontally forward, beneath the Hyoglossus, and finally, ascending almost perpendicularly to the tongue, turns forward on its lower surface as far as the tip, under the name of the deep lingual artery (profunda linguae).

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  Diagram showing the origins of the main branches of the carotid arteries.

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  The internal carotid and vertebral arteries. Right side.

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  Coronal section of tongue, showing intrinsic muscles.

External links

• SUNY Radiology Headneck:15Commo
• SUNY Labs 25:14-0102
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