| communicating branches of lingual nerve to hypoglossal nerve | <anatomy, nerve> Communicating branches between the lingual nerve (from mandibular nerve) and hypoglossal nerve forming a plexus on the hypoglossus muscle. Synonym: rami communicantes nervi lingualis cum nervo hypoglosso. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| superficial lingual muscle | An intrinsic muscle of the tongue, running from base to tip on the dorsum just beneath the mucous membrane; action, shortens the upper part of the tongue; nerve supply, motor by hypoglossal, sensory by lingual. Synonym: musculus longitudinalis superior, superficial lingual muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| deep lingual vein | <anatomy, vein> The principle vein of the tongue that accompanies the deep lingual artery and joins the lingual vein. It drains the body and apex of the tongue, running posteriorly near the median plane; they are often visible through the mucosa on the underside of the tongue, to each side of the frenulum. Synonym: vena profunda linguae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dorsal lingual vein | <anatomy, vein> Multiple tributaries of the lingual vein draining the dorsum of the tongue, becoming increasingly larger toward the root of the tongue. Synonym: venae dorsales linguae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| inferior lingual muscle | An intrinsic muscle of the tongue, cylindrical in shape, occupying the underpart on either side; action, shortens the lower part of the tongue; nerve supply, motor by hypoglossal, sensory by lingual. Synonym: musculus longitudinalis inferior, inferior lingual muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| faucial branches of lingual nerve | <anatomy, nerve> The faucial branches, branches to the isthmus of the fauces from the lingual nerve. Synonym: rami isthmi faucium nervi lingualis, rami fauciales nervi lingualis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lateral lingual swellings | In the embryo, paired oval elevations that appear in the floor of the mouth at mandibular arch level; the primordial elevations, composed of mesenchyme covered by ectoderm of stomodeal origin, merge to form the greater part of the anterior two thirds of the tongue. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lingual | <dentistry> The tooth surface next to your tongue or things mounted on the tooth surfaces next to your tongue. (08 Jan 1998) |
| lingual aponeurosis | The thickened lamina propria of the tongue to which the lingual muscles attach. Synonym: aponeurosis linguae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lingual appliances | <dentistry> Orthodontic appliance fixed to the inside of your teeth. I.e. Lingual appliances are attached to the part of your teeth next to your tongue. (08 Jan 1998) |
| lingual arch | <dentistry> An orthodontic wire attached from molar to molar in the inside of your teeth. (08 Jan 1998) |
| lingual bar | A major connector located lingual to the dental arch joining two or more bilateral parts of a mandibular removable partial denture. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lingual bone | <anatomy> A U-shaped bone lying between the mandible and the larynx, suspended from the styloid processes by slender stylohyoid ligaments. See: hyoid apparatus. Synonym: os hyoideum, lingual bone, tongue bone. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lingual branches | Branches to the tongue. Nomina Anatomica lists lingual branches of 1) hypoglossal nerve, rami linguales nervi hypoglossi; 2) lingual nerve, rami linguales nervi lingualis; 3) glossopharyngeal nerve, rami linguales nervi glossopharyngei. Synonym: rami linguales. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lingual crypt | A pit lined with epithelium in the lingual tonsil. (05 Mar 2000) |