Lingual sulcus

The sulcus lateralis linguae (Latin for "lateral tongue furrow") is a three-sided gap or canal running between the base of the tongue and the lower jaw bone . It is bounded above by the hyoglossus muscle , below by the mylohyoid muscle and laterally by the lower jaw.

The structures running in it are from top to bottom:

• Lingual nerve
• Sublingual vein (variable)
• Submandibular duct
• Hypoglossal nerve
• Lingual artery

See also

• Sublingual plica

swell

• Johannes Sobotta : Atlas of the human anatomy . Volume 1, Urban & Fischer bei Elsevier, 22nd edition 2005, page 112.

Web links

Wiktionary: Sulcus lateralis linguae  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

• Medical Faculty of the University of Frankfurt: Frontal section of the head (PDF file; 323 kB)