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lingual nerve
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The lingual nerve is a branch of the mandibular nerve (CN V3), itself a branch of the trigeminal nerve, which supplies sensory innervation to the tongue. It also carries fibers from the facial nerve, which return taste information from the anterior two thirds of the tongue. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lingual_nerve ]
Term info
Label
lingual nerve
Synonyms
- lingual branch of trigeminal nerve
- trigeminal V nerve lingual branch
- trigeminal nerve lingual branch
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UBERON:0003721
Term relations
Subclass of:
- neuron projection bundle
- nerve of head region
- part of some mandibular nerve
- branching part of some mandibular nerve
- innervates some tongue