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lingual artery
Origin: external carotid artery
Branches:
1) suprahyoid branch
2) dorsal lingual branch
3) sublingual artery
Distribution:
1) inferior surface of tongue
2) terminates in deep lingual artery
General
blood vessel
Properties
FORM: lingual artery
ORIGIN: external carotid artery
References
- Grant's Atlas of Anatomy, 10th edition, AMR Agur & MJ Lee (eds),
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, 1999
- Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
Components
intima; tunica intima
tunica media
vascular endothelium