An artery that branches from the lingual artery and supplies blood to the tongue itself, particularly the body and tip of the tongue. The deep lingual artery travels superiorly in a tortuous course along the under (ventral) surface of the tongue, below the longitudinalis inferior, and above the mucous membrane. [ wikipedia:Lingual_artery ]
Synonyms: third part of lingual artery
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- head blood vessel
- lingual artery
- connecting branch of some lingual artery
- part of some face
- vessel supplies blood to some tongue