Corpus: Sublingual artery

The sublingual artery is a branch of the lingual artery that supplies the floor of the mouth with arterial blood.

The sublingual artery originates from the lingual artery at the front edge of the hyoglossus muscle and then runs between the genioglossus muscle and the mylohyoid muscle to the sublingual gland. Its branches supply this salivary gland as well as the muscles and mucous membrane of the floor of the mouth.

Behind the alveolar process of the lower jaw, the vessel anastomoses with the artery on the opposite side. Its branches form a further anastomosis with the submental artery, which originates from the facial artery.