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

This is just here as a test because I lose it

Term information

database cross reference
Subsets

uberon_slim, human_reference_atlas

axiom lost from external ontology

relationship loss: part_of external carotid (AAO:0010218)[AAO]

depicted by

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3c/Lingual_artery.PNG

external definition

Part of the external carotid which supplies blood to the tongue.[AAO]

has related synonym

arteria lingualis

id

UBERON:0001610

present in taxon

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606