The authors studied 50 bilateral dissected specimens of lingual artery and 14 bilateral lingual arteries or arteriovenous corrosive casts.
the facial artery and the lingual arterysend branches to the lower portion and lower pole.
Results: According to the morphology of its variable origin, the lingual artery was divided into 4 types: arched, descending, faciolingual and superothyroidolingual arterial.
There were multiple anastomosis between perforators from the submental artery, facial artery, and sublingual artery.
