Glandular branches of facial artery

The glandular branches of the facial artery (submaxillary branches) consist of three or four large vessels, which supply the submandibular gland, some being prolonged to the neighboring muscles, lymph glands, and integument.

Glandular branches of facial artery
The arteries of the face and scalp. (Glandular branch visible but not labeled.)
Salivary glands: #1 is Parotid gland, #2 is Submaxillary gland, #3 is Sublingual gland
Details
Sourcefacial artery
Suppliessubmandibular gland
Identifiers
Latinrami glandulares arteriae facialis
TA98A12.2.05.024
TA24392
FMA71675
Anatomical terminology

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 555 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)


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