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lingual artery
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  lingual artery - an artery originating from the external carotid artery and supplying the under side of the tonguearteria lingualismouth - the externally visible part of the oral cavity on the face and the system of organs surrounding the opening; "she wiped lipstick from her mouth"arteria, arterial blood vessel, artery - a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body |
lingual artery
lingual artery[′liŋ·gwəl ′ärd·ə·rē] (anatomy) An artery originating in the external carotid and supplying the tongue. lingual artery
lin·gual ar·ter·y [TA] origin, external carotid; distribution, runs along under surface of tongue, terminates as deep lingual artery; branches, suprahyoid and dorsal lingual branches and sublingual artery. Synonym(s): arteria lingualis [TA]lin·gual ar·te·ry (ling'gwăl ahr'tĕr-ē) [TA] Origin, external carotid; distribution, runs along under surface of tongue, terminates as deep lingual artery; branches, suprahyoid and dorsal lingual branches and sublingual artery. lingual artery A branch of the external CAROTID artery that runs forward underneath the tongue to supply the tongue muscles.lin·gual ar·te·ry (ling'gwăl ahr'tĕr-ē) [TA]Origin, external carotid; distribution, runs along undersurface of tongue, terminates as deep lingual artery; branches, suprahyoid and dorsal lingual branches and sublingual artery. lingual artery
Related to lingual artery: lingual vein, maxillary artery, lingual nerve, ascending pharyngeal arterySynonyms for lingual arterynoun an artery originating from the external carotid artery and supplying the under side of the tongueSynonymsRelated Words- mouth
- arteria
- arterial blood vessel
- artery
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