Lingual nerve
System
Nervous
SNOMED CT
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Lingual nerve
Definition
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.
Also known as lingual branch of trigeminal nerve, trigeminal nerve lingual branch, trigeminal V nerve lingual branch — per UBERON
The Lingual nerve is a part of the Nervous.