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submental artery
Origin: facial artery
Distribution:
1) mylohyoid muscle
2) sublingual gland
3) submandibular gland
4) structures of the lower lip
Anastomoses:
1) inferior labial artery
2) mental branch of inferior alveolar artery
3) sublingual artery
Related
mylohyoid (diaphragma oris)
sublingual gland
submandibular gland
General
blood vessel
Properties
FORM: submental artery
ORIGIN: facial artery
References
Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
Components
intima; tunica intima
tunica media
vascular endothelium