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lingual artery
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001610
The lingual artery arises from the external carotid between the superior thyroid and facial artery[WP]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lingual_artery ]
Term info
Label
lingual artery
Synonyms
- lingual branch of external carotid artery
Subsets
uberon_slim
axiom lost from external ontology
relationship loss: part_of external carotid (AAO:0010218)[AAO]
depicted by
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/Lingual_artery.PNG
external definition
Part of the external carotid which supplies blood to the tongue.[AAO]
has obo namespace
uberon
has related synonym
arteria lingualis
id
UBERON:0001610
Term relations
Subclass of:
- lateral structure
- head blood vessel
- branch of external carotid artery
- supplies some tongue
- part of some tongue
- in_lateral_side_of some tongue