lingual artery
The lingual artery arises from the external carotid between the superior thyroid and facial artery[WP]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lingual_artery ]
Synonyms: lingual branch of external carotid artery
Term info
- FMA:49526
- NCIT:C52961
- EMAPA:36324
- UMLS:C0226104 (ncithesaurus:Lingual_Artery)
- Wikipedia:Lingual_artery
- AAO:0010492
- SCTID:181327002
- MA:0001992
uberon_slim, human_reference_atlas
Part of the external carotid which supplies blood to the tongue.[AAO]
relationship loss: part_of external carotid (AAO:0010218)[AAO]
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3c/Lingual_artery.PNG
arteria lingualis
uberon
UBERON:0001610
Lingual artery
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606
Term relations
- lateral structure
- head blood vessel
- branch of external carotid artery
- supplies some tongue
- in lateral side of some tongue
- part of some tongue