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sublingual artery
Origin: lingual artery
Distribution:
1) extrinsic muscles of the tongue
2) sublingual gland
3) mucosa of region
Anastomoses:
1) contralateral sublingual artery
2) mental artery
Related
sublingual gland
General
blood vessel
Properties
FORM: sublingual artery
ORIGIN: lingual artery
References
Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
Components
intima; tunica intima
tunica media
vascular endothelium