lingual nerve
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0003721
The lingual nerve is a branch of the mandibular nerve (CN V3), itself a branch of the trigeminal nerve, which supplies sensory innervation to the tongue. It also carries fibers from the facial nerve, which return taste information from the anterior two thirds of the tongue. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lingual_nerve ]
Synonyms: trigeminal V nerve lingual branch, lingual branch of trigeminal nerve, trigeminal nerve lingual branch
Term info
- FMA:53218
- Wikipedia:Lingual_nerve
- MA:0001102
- SCTID:280260006
- MESH:D008036
- EMAPA:19168
- BAMS:5lg
- GAID:835
uberon
UBERON:0003721
Lingual nerve
Term relations
- nerve of head region
- part of some mandibular nerve
- branching part of some mandibular nerve
- innervates some tongue