Dorsal Lingual Branches of Lingual Artery

The dorsal lingual branches of lingual artery consist usually of two or three small branches which arise beneath the Hyoglossus.

They ascend to the back part of the dorsum of the tongue, and supply the mucous membrane in this situation, the glossopalatine arch, the tonsil, soft palate, and epiglottis; anastomosing with the vessels of the opposite side.

This article incorporates text from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy.


List of arteries of head and neck (TA A12.2.05–08, GA 6.549)
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)
  • pharyngeal
IC
cervical
  • carotid sinus
petrous
  • Vidian
  • caroticotympanic
cavernous/
ophthalmic
  • orbital group:anterior ethmoidal (anterior septal, anterior lateral nasal, anterior meningeal)
  • posterior ethmoidal
  • lacrimal (lateral palpebral)
  • medial palpebral
  • terminal (supraorbital, supratrochlear, dorsal nasal)

ocular group: central retinal

  • ciliary (short posterior, long posterior, anterior)
  • hypophysial (superior, inferior)
Willis/Cerebral
  • ACA (anterior communicating, medial striate)
  • MCA (anterolateral central, Orbitofrontal artery, Prefrontal artery, Superior terminal branch, Inferior terminal branch, Anterior temporal branch)
  • posterior communicating
  • anterior choroidal
SC
vertebral artery
  • meningeal
  • spinal (posterior, anterior)
  • basilar: pontine
  • labyrinthine
  • cerebellar (AICA, SCA, PICA)
  • 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
  • Supreme Intercostal artery

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