Glandular branches of facial artery

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
Source	facial artery
Supplies	submandibular gland
Identifiers
Latin	rami glandulares arteriae facialis
TA98	A12.2.05.024
TA2	4392
FMA	71675
Anatomical terminology [edit on Wikidata]

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.

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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