Dorsal lingual branches of lingual artery

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Artery: Dorsal lingual branches of lingual artery
Veins of the tongue. The hypoglossal nerve has been displaced downward in this preparation.
Latin rami dorsales linguae arteriae lingualis
Gray's subject #144 553
Source lingual artery   
Vein dorsal lingual veins
Dorlands
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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.

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List of arteries of head and neck
CC/EC
suprahyoid - dorsal lingual - deep lingual - sublingual
cervical branches (ascending palatine, tonsillar, submental, glandular) - facial branches (inferior labial, superior labial/nasal septum, lateral nasal, angular)
CC/IC
orbital group: posterior ethmoidal - anterior ethmoidal (anterior septal, anterior lateral nasal, anterior meningeal) - lacrimal (lateral palpebral) - medial palpebral - terminal (supraorbital, supratrochlear, dorsal nasal)
ocular group: central retinal - ciliary (short posterior, long posterior, anterior) - hypophysial (superior, inferior)
SC
meningeal - spinal (posterior, anterior) - cerebellar (PICA)
basilar: pontine - labyrinthine - cerebellar (AICA, SCA) - cerebral (PCA)