Suprahyoid branch of lingual artery

Jump to: navigation, search
Artery: Suprahyoid branch of lingual artery
File:Lingual artery.PNG
Superficial dissection of the right side of the neck, showing the carotid and subclavian arteries. The branch of the lingual artery is labeled
Latin ramus suprahyoideus arteriae lingualis
Gray's subject #144 553
Source lingual artery   
Dorlands
/ Elsevier     		r_02/12692238

The suprahyoid branch of lingual artery (or hyoid) runs along the upper border of the hyoid bone, supplying the muscles attached to it and anastomosing with its fellow of the opposite side.

v • d • e
List of arteries of head and neck
CC/EC
sup. thyroid superior laryngeal - sternocleidomastoid branch - infrahyoid branch - cricothyroid branch - glandular branches
asc. pharyngeal posterior meningeal - pharyngeal branches - inferior tympanic
lingual suprahyoid - dorsal lingual - deep lingual - sublingual
facial cervical branches (ascending palatine, tonsillar, submental, glandular) - facial branches (inferior labial, superior labial/nasal septum, lateral nasal, angular)
occipital sternocleidomastoid - meningeal - occipital - auricular - descending
post. auricular stylomastoid - stapedial - auricular - occipital
sup. temporal transverse facial - middle temporal (zygomatico-orbital) - anterior auricular - frontal - parietal
maxillary 1st part/mandibular: anterior tympanic - deep auricular - middle meningeal (superior tympanic, petrosal) - accessory meningeal - inferior alveolar (mental, mylohyoid)

2nd part/pterygoid: to muscles of mastication (deep temporal, pterygoid, masseteric) - buccal

3rd part/pterygopalatine: posterior superior alveolar - infraorbital (anterior superior alveolar) - descending palatine (greater palatine, lesser palatine) - artery of the pterygoid canal - sphenopalatine (posterior septal branches, posterior lateral nasal)
CC/IC
cervical carotid sinus
petrous Vidian - caroticotympanic
cavernous/
ophthalmic		 orbital group: posterior ethmoidal - anterior ethmoidal (anterior septal, anterior lateral nasal, anterior meningeal) - lacrimal (lateral palpebral) - medial palpebral - terminal (supraorbital, supratrochlear, dorsal nasal)
ocular group: central retinal - ciliary (short posterior, long posterior, anterior) - hypophysial (superior, inferior)
cerebral/Willis ACA (anterior communicating) - MCA (anterolateral central, lenticulostriate) - posterior communicating - anterior choroidal
SC
vertebral artery meningeal - spinal (posterior, anterior) - cerebellar (PICA)
basilar: pontine - labyrinthine - cerebellar (AICA, SCA) - cerebral (PCA)
thyrocervical trunk inferior thyroid: inferior laryngeal - tracheal - esophageal - ascending cervical - pharyngeal - glandular branches

transverse cervical: superficial branch - deep branch/dorsal scapular

suprascapular: acromial branch
costocervical trunk deep cervical


Retrieved from "http://www.wikidoc.org/index.php?title=Suprahyoid_branch_of_lingual_artery&oldid=368326"
Navigation WikiDoc | WikiPatient | Popular pages | Recently Edited Pages | Recently Added Pictures

Table of Contents In Alphabetical Order | By Individual Diseases | Signs and Symptoms | Physical Examination | Lab Tests | Drugs

Editor Tools Become an Editor | Editors Help Menu | Create a Page | Edit a Page | Upload a Picture or File | Printable version | Permanent link | Maintain Pages | What Pages Link Here
There is no pharmaceutical or device industry support for this site and we need your viewer supported Donations | Editorial Board | Governance | Licensing | Disclaimers | Avoid Plagiarism | Policies
Linked-in.jpg
Personal tools
Namespaces

Variants
Actions
Navigation
Toolbox