Lingual Artery

Lingual Artery

Question 1. Lingual artery
Answer:

Origin:

• It arises from the external carotid artery opposite the tip of the greater cornua of the hyoid bone

Course:

• It is divided into the following parts

External Carotid Artery And Lingual Artery

Lingual Artery Anatomy Explained

Structures supplied by it:

• Sensory nerve of the tongue
• Supplies various muscles, papillae & taste buds of the tongue
• Also gives branches to tonsils.

Understanding The Lingual Artery Function

Question 2. External carotid artery.
Answer:

• It is one of the terminal branches of the common carotid artery

Location:

• It lies anterior to the internal carotid artery

Structures supplied by it:

• Chief artery for structures in the front of the neck & in the face

Lingual Artery Ligation Procedure

Relations:

1. In the carotid triangle:

• Lies under anterior border of the sternocleidomastoid
• Superficially related to
  1. Cervical branch of the facial nerve
  2. Hypoglossal nerve
  3. Facial, Lingual & superior thyroid veins
• Deeply related to

1. 1. Wall of the pharynx
   2. Superior laryngeal nerve
   3. Ascending pharyngeal artery

Branches Of The Lingual Artery

2. Above the carotid triangle:

• Lies deep to the parotid gland
• Within the gland related superficially to

1. 1. Retromandibular vein
   2. Facial nerve
      • Deeply the artery is related to
        1. Internal carotid artery
        2. Structures passing between the external & internal carotid arteries
        3. Superior laryngeal nerve
        4. Superior cervical sympathetic ganglion